Couple de jumeaux "ere ibeji" · Nigéria, Yoruba, province d'Egbe (Ilorin) / Etat de Kwara · ID: 3046445
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
Helge Persson, Mölndal, SwedenPeter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Description
wood, pigments, glass beads, metal tag eyes (one missing), washing patina (reverse side)
Only with “ibejis” from this area are the hands folded over the stomach. Another characteristic are the high crown-shaped hairstyles.
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 279 ff.