Zemanek-Münster

Twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Imala, Egbado
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

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