Couple homme/femme de jumeaux "ere ibeji" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba, Abéokuta · ID: 3043210

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, typical Abeokuta carving style characteristics: crested coiffure, “Egba” tribal marks, hand position and loincloth of the male figure, both richly adorned with strings of glass beads, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), facial features abraded, min. dam. (eyes)

Littérature comparée

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108, ill. 1