Twin figure "ere ibeji" with cowrie cape · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3033238
Vendu
500 €
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, indigo blue pigment, encrusted with camwood powder, the body entirely covered by a cowrie cape with broad shoulders, clay-like mass in front of the breast, egg-shaped head with lancet-shaped scarification marks and unusual coiffure, traces of old age
Littérature comparée
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 571 f.