Zemanek-Münster

Standing female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
sold EUR 800
Provenance
Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, lusterless brown patina, black and indigo blue paint at the coiffure, encrusted with clay, two metal rings, four strings of glass beads, delicate regular facial features, scarification marks in two rows on the cheeks, “jelly bag cap”-like coiffure, tattoos on the belly, incised lattice-pattern at the base, slightly dam., abrasion of paint (coiffure), socle


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