Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Vendu
2 400 €
Provenance
Christie’s New York, 11 May 1983, lot 255Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
Taille
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, blackish blue paint at the coiffure, necklace with ancient glass beads, partly in “millefiori” design, well-formed bodies, regular clear cut facial featues, fine carving as a whole, lancet-shaped tribal marks on the cheeks, bulging eye apples, the pupils of one of the figures provided with metal tags (one missing), slightly dam., cracks, missing part (ear)