Couple de figures féminines de jumeaux "ere ibeji"

Nigéria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria (collected in situ in the 1950s/60s) Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)	H: 25,5 cm/26 cm	Vendu

wood, brown patina, indigo blue and red pigment, diamond-shaped eyes with framing eyelashes and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), flat noses with hanging tip, pursed lips, concentrical linear tattoos, scarifications on the stomach, string of glass discs around hips, one figure with cowrie shell pendant, slightly dam., cracks

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 381

Couple de figures féminines de jumeaux "ere ibeji"

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