Figure jumelle "ere ibeji" · Nigéria, Yoruba, Ilorin / Etat de Kwara, Egbe · ID: 3045236
Vendu
350 €
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 131Description
wood, pigments, camwood powder, metal rings, glass beads, nail heads (eyes), insect caused missing parts
Long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial contures of this figure barely recognizable.
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 172