Twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado · ID: 3039755
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, GermanyZemanek-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