Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3035230
Vendu
2 600 €
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Description
wood, blotched brown patina, encrusted in some areas (“osun”), indigo blue pigment, abundantly adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, well-proportioned, in smooth and round forms, characteristic features: hood-like hairstyle with long flaps at the sides concealing the ears, a pear-shaped face widely projecting to the front (profile), large eyes framed by eye-lashes, the pupils originally accentuated with nails, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right ear of the female figure, left eye of the male)
Littérature comparée
Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 207 ff.