Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ogbomosho
sold EUR 600
Provenance
collected in situ in the 1960s
Saxer, Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 23,5 cm (male) / 25 cm (female)
H: 9.3 inch (male) / 9.8 inch (female)

Description

wood, camwood powder, miniature glass beads, coconut discs, metal tag eyes (one missing)


Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 464

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