Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba, État de Kwara, Ilorin · ID: 3037354

Vendu 1 200 €

Description

wood, mat brown patina, remains of black and indigo blue paint, encrustations with camwood powder, strings of glass beads and coconut discs, male/female, with their bodies and faces nearly identical formed: crown-shaped coiffure, large eyes with prominent eyelashes, fish-snout mouth, base with incised ornaments, metal tag eyes (missing with the male figure), slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (left side of the head/male figure), fine cracks


Littérature comparée

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 260


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