Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu Ode
sold EUR 550
Provenance
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, “osun”, necklace with glass beads, male/female, prominent features: eyes close together underneath beam-like brows, bulging cheeks with the nose- and mouth part widely projecting to the front, the nose particularly broad, slightly dam., cracks


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 284

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