Zemanek-Münster

Twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
sold EUR 480
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
Size
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.

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