Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo · ID: 3040888
Vendu
470 €
Provenance
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)Description
wood, blackish brown patina, string of coconut discs/miniature glass beads, striking broad shoulders with accentuated collarbone, beautiful formed head with projecting back of the head, diamond-shaped eyes originally stud with metal tags, beautiful detail: hands nearly naturalistically formed, slightly dam. (right eye), small traces of insect caused damage, nose and mouth abraded
Littérature comparée
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 234 ff.