Twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3041589
sold
EUR 480
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, GermanySize
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, small traces of camwood powder backside, drilled pupils (with inlay), typical style characteristics of Abeokuta carvers: loincloth, “egba” tribal marks, crested coiffure and unusual position of oversized hands, slightly dam., minor missing parts (above all on the backside and at the bottom of the base);
beautiful and fine worked example with the sign of the carver at the bottom of the base.
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 122 ff.