Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba
sold EUR 800
Provenance
collected in situ in the 1960s
Saxer, Switzerland
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 23 cm (each)
H: 9.1 inch (each)

Description

wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, miniature glass beads, coconut discs, nails, beautiful detail: feather-shaped emblem, rep. (female)


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 133, ill. 30/31

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