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Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun, Igbomina
Vendu 1 800 €
Taille
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, camwood powder, 3 strings of coconut discs/2 strings of glass beads, drilled pupils, one nailhead of aluminium preserved, pierced crown-shaped coiffure, carved with necklace and amulet, flat face, facial features with abrasion through feeding procedures, slightly dam., missing part at the coiffure, crack (right side of the body, base), drilling in the right ear broken out


Littérature comparée

Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, p. 184 f.

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