Zemanek-Münster

Female twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin
Vendu 520 €
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, beautiful reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, camwood powder, two strings (coconut discs/miniature glass beads), metal tag pupils, remains of cord material (ear ornament), pear-shaped face with large eyes and incised scarification marks, towering coiffure in four lobes, narrow sloping shoulders, facial features abraded, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (coiffure), continuous crack on the left side of head and body, partly spread with mass, in place of the coiffure a piece of wood seems to have been reinserted


Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 419

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