Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe (Ilorin) area / Kwara-State · ID: 3046445
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Helge Persson, Mölndal, SwedenPeter 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.
Comparing literature
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 279 ff.