Zemanek-Münster

Standing male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe - Yagba
sold EUR 260
Provenance
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Size
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

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