Zemanek-Münster

Standing twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
sold EUR 250
Provenance
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment, string of glass beads, characteristic features: crown-shaped coiffure, eyes with notched eyelashes, incised scarification marks on face and belly, slightly dam., minor missing parts at the coiffure, traces of insect caused damage at the same place


Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 202 ff.

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