Paire de figures jumelles "ere ibeji" · Nigéria, Yoruba, Igbomina, village d'Esie · ID: 3048106
Vendu
2 800 €
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, GermanyErnst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, Lot 445
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, camwood powder, glass beads,
Particularly striking about this pair of figures are the unusually rich body scarifications.
The pair is published in Gert and Mareidi Stoll’s standard work on Yoruba twin figures (Munich 1980, p. 308, fig. 208). It was found in Esie village in Igbomina area.
Publications
Mareidi und Gert Stoll, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 308, ill. 208AHDRC: 0106649