Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila area or Ajasse · ID: 3033907
Vendu
1 200 €
Description
wood, dark brown patina, encrustations with redwood powder, indigo blue pigment, adorned with strings of glass beads, the eyes inset with metal tags (one missing), lancet-shaped scarification marks on the cheeks, accentuation of the female sex characteristics, drilled ear holes, slightly dam. (rim of the disc-shaped coiffure);
in the style of the carver Dagikonle of Igbomole.
Littérature comparée
Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, ill. 75 Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 297, ill. 192