Couple de jumeaux "ere ibeji" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba, Egba, Abéokuta · ID: 3046546

Description

wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, weathering/ insect caused damage, rest.

Beautiful “ibeji”- couple from the Adugbologe workshop, possibly Ojerinde Adugbuloge.

The facial features show remarkably narrow elongated eyes and full lips. The unusual hand posture is characteristic for Abeokuta carvers.

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 139 and AHDRC 0133199