Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe · ID: 3035217
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Description
wood, lusterless dark brown patina, blackish-blue paint at the coiffure, five strings of coconut discs, resp. glass beads, crown-shaped coiffure, the facial features strongly abraded, provided with tribal marks, metal tag pupils now missing, carved with a loincloth backside, washing patina, rep. (breakage at the neck)