Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan · ID: 3033860
Vendu
800 €
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, encrustation with camwood powder, showing a nearly military strong posture, sharp cut facial features, the pupils originally stud with metal tags, horizontal incisions on the cheeks, high towering crested coiffure with fine grooves, slightly dam., cracks (base, left forearm)
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 72