Couple de figures féminines de jumeaux "ere ibeji"
Nigéria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Vendu
500 €
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Taille
H: 25,5 cm/26 cm
H: 10.0 inch/10.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, indigo blue and red pigment, diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), flat noses with hanging tip, pursed lips, concentrical linear tattoos, scarifications on the stomach, string of glass discs around hips, one figure with cowrie shell pendant, slightly dam., cracks