Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo Oshogbo · ID: 3040503

Vendu 1 000 €

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder, small remains of indigo blue pigment, string of coconut discs, head with large facial plane widely projecting to the front, large elliptical eyes with framing eyelashes, linear incised tattoos on the cheeks, high towering coiffure with flat tip, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), slightly dam., abrasion of paint


Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 376 ff


Publications

Albert-König-Museum (ed.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß, 2001, p. 40, ill. 58

Exposition

Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Albert-König-Museum, Unterlüß 11. März -16. April 2001


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