Figure de jumeau "ere ibeji" · Nigéria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse · ID: 3042632
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 267Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, camwood powder “osun”, black paint, indigo blue pigment, distinctive mouth part with filed incisors, drilled ear holes and pupils (metal tags missing), lower part of the body and legs amalgamated, rich scarification marks on stomach, breast and face, facial features abraded (due to the regular applying of food offerings and innumerable face washings), slightly dam., cracks
Littérature comparée
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 632
Publications
AHDRC: 0147190