Two male twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037889
sold
EUR 1,500
Size
H: 28 cm, resp. 29 cm
H: 11.0 inch, resp. 11.4 inch
Description
wood, rich blackish brown patina, strings of miniature glass beads and coconut-discs, metal bracelets, metal tag eyes (one missing), high crested coiffures with a kind of wickerwork- pattern and neck lobe, beautiful worked hands, incised scarification marks on face and bladebones, slightly dam., missing parts (backside of the base, ear, hair crests), cracks, rep. (breakage at the neck of one of the figures), facial features rubbed off