Figure jumelle "ere ibeji" · Nigéria, Yoruba, Oyo, style Igbuke · ID: 3045275
Vendu
1 300 €
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in Oyo, 1956)Description
wood, camwood powder, coconut discs, glass beads, drilled pupils, beautiful washing patina
In the style of the “Igbuke” family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation around the base are easily recognizable.
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57