Couple de figures jumeaux "ere ibeji"
Nigéria, Yoruba, Etat de Kwara, Région d'Ilorin / Yoruba, Egbe
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, NigeriaBalint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 286
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, indigo blue pigment,
Two characteristic features distinguish “ibeji” from the small town of Egbe: the hands folded over the belly and the high crown-shaped hairstyles.
In these beautiful specimens, the facial features are heavily rubbed due to many years of treatment in the cult.
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 172 Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, ill. 216Publications
AHDRC: 0108850