Twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Imala, Egbado · ID: 3032861
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1960)Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, string with bar-shaped glass beads, typical Abeokuta characteristics: curious gesture of the hands, Egba tribal marks, high crested coiffure, instead of the usual loincloth the “ibeji” wears shorts, drilled pupils, slightly dam., missing parts (at the back of the coiffure)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 183