Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan · ID: 3032085
Vendu
750 €
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, small remains of camwood powder and indigo blue paint, adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, both of them show a strong body with broad angular shoulders and accentuated breasts, the face richly carved with scarification marks, metal tag eyes (one of them missing), slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts (breasts)
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 71