Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ado Odo · ID: 3040527
Vendu
1 800 €
Description
wood, rich blackish brown shiny patina, 11 strings of glass beads/coconut discs, strong shoulder/breast area, long arms aside the body with distinctive posture of hands, heads with projecting faces and differently designed coiffures, prominent notch in the upper lip, metal tag eyes (one missing), the male figure carved with loincloth, drilled ear holes for attachment of ornament, rising from flat square bases, minor insect caused missing parts (backside at the male figure), crack, abrasion of paint
Littérature comparée
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 227