Zemanek-Münster

Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Illorin, Oyo · ID: 3039391

Vendu 1 100 €
Provenance
Old British Collection

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, pigments, metal tag eyes (missing for the male figure), adorned with strings of miniature glass beads and coconut discs, large eyes with grooved eyelashes, tripartite nose, broad mouth with bulging lips, diagonal incisions around the base, slightly dam., fine crack (disc-shaped base/left leg of the male figure)


Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 519


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