Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
sold EUR 700
Provenance
Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 30 cm & 30,5 cm
H: 11.8 inch & 12.0 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, “osun”, six strings (miniature glass beads/coconut discs), male/female, both wearing the same cap-like hairdo with incised patterns, ears with drilled holes for attachment of ornament, pupils originally accented with nails, the faces with the characteristic broad and flat noses show a bright washing patina, min. dam., minor missing parts (drilled ear hole of the male broken);
in typical Yoruba style, pleasant, smooth and well-proportioned.


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 212, ill. 99

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