Zemanek-Münster

Twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 248
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, middle brown patina, the head is dyed blackish-brown, traces of indigo blue paint, strings of glass beads and tiny shell discs, carved with a loincloth, surmounted by an egg-shaped head with crested coiffure and flat facial features, pierced pupils, lancet-shaped scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam., fine cracks, small missing parts


Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 41

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