Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta

sold EUR 1,800

Provenance

Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany

Size

H: 22,5 cm / 23,5 cm (male / female)

H: 8.9 inch / 9.3 inch (male / female)

Description

wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, weathering/ insect caused damage, rest.

Beautiful “ibeji”- couple from the Adugbologe workshop, possibly Ojerinde Adugbuloge.

The facial features show remarkably narrow elongated eyes and full lips. The unusual hand posture is characteristic for Abeokuta carvers.

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 139 and AHDRC 0133199

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