Twin figure "hohovi" · Nigeria, Benin · ID: 3039785
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 November 2010, lot 450Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 15,8 cm
H: 6.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, abraded facial features (through repeated feeding and washing procedures), base;
coming from the southeastern coastal area of the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey. The people who lived in this area carved twin figures for the death cult just like the Yoruba.
Comparing literature
African Art Associates (ed.), Twin figures from West Africa, Washington D.C. 1981, p. 24