Zemanek-Münster

Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in beaded coat

Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan
Vendu 650 €
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Taille
H: 25 cm & 25,5 cm
H: 9.8 inch & 10.0 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, “osun”, three strings (coconut/vertebra?), extremely narrow heads with crested hairdo, the eyes framed by lashes, tribal marks on cheeks, forehead and chin, Ibadan typical tattoos on the belly and out of the ordinary on the arms as well, nail heads of silver metal as pupils preserved, stiff coat of cotton fabric embroidered with strings of miniature glass beads in checkerboard pattern (old beads backside), slightly dam., crack (head)


Publications

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 180, ill. 73

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