Zemanek-Münster

Male twin figure "ere ibeji"

Nigeria, Yoruba, Oye, Ekiti
Vendu 650 €
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 14. September 1996, lot 360
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Taille
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch

Description

wood, rich reddish brown patina, indigo blue paint at the coiffure, string with glass beads and coconut discs, high towering crested coiffure with grooves and raised middle ridge, carved with the islamic triangle on breast and back, slightly dam. (nose), traces of insect caused damage at the coiffure


Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 350

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