Figure masculine de jumeaux "ere ibeji" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3041746

Description

wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, camwood powder “osun”, indigo blue pigment, four strings of miniature glass beads, characterized by big diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and fine grooved high towering coiffure, the big ears slightly asymmetrically arranged, incised scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, features abraded (due to the regular applying of food offerings and innumerable face washings), slightly dam. (left ear), abrasion of paint

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 410

Publications

AHDRC: 0141982