Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Vendu 450 €
Provenance
American Private Collection, New York
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1980)
Taille
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood, light brown patina, typical Oyo characteristics: elongated head and hairdo, three lancet-shaped Oyo-marks, slightly dam., missing part through insect caused damage (coiffure);
in the style of the Igbuke family of carvers, the typical marks on the abdomen and the grooved ornamentation running around the base recognizable.


Littérature comparée

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 161, ill. 57 Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 361

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