Zemanek-Münster

Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3040459

Vendu 650 €
Provenance
Armin Ackermann, Munich, Germany

Description

wood, matt brown patina, encrustations with camwood powder “osun”, abundantly adorned with strings of glass beads and coconut discs, drilled ear holes for attachment of ornament, cap-like coiffures with incised ornaments, sides of the face coated with grooved tattoos, metal tag pupils preserved, faces with strong washing patina, slightly dam., small missing parts (one ear), cracks/rep.(?) base of the female figure


Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 377


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