Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba · ID: 3045677
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
collected in situ in the 1960sSaxer, 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