Standing male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe - Yagba · ID: 3037246
sold
EUR 260
Provenance
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, matt reddish brown patina, encrusted with camwood powder and black paint, overlong narrow head with big eyes framed by eyelashes, linear mouth flanked by three horizontal incisions, both hands resting aside the navel, slightly dam., cracks, presumably rep. (one jag of the hairdo)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 644