Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) area / Kwara-State

sold EUR 800

Provenance

Helge Persson, Mölndal, Sweden
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

Size

H: 28,5/29 cm

H: 28,5/11.4 inch

Description

wood, pigments, glass beads, metal tag eyes (one missing), washing patina (reverse side)

Only with “ibejis” from this area are the hands folded over the stomach. Another characteristic are the high crown-shaped hairstyles.

Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 279 ff.

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