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Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Vendu 750 €
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
Taille
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch

Description

brown washing patina, necklace with blue glass beads, string with coconut discs, encrusted with clay, camwood powder in some areas, drilled pupils, scarification marks on face and belly, elongated narrow face with tapering mouth, crown-shaped high-towering coiffure with fine grooves, abrasion through feeding prodedures (nose), dam. (ears, coiffure), minor missing part at the back of the base


Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 360 f.

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