Lot: 329

88e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Couple homme/femme de jumeaux "ere ibeji"

Nigéria, Yoruba, Abéokuta

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany H: 25 cm Vendu

wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, typical Abeokuta carving style characteristics: crested coiffure, "Egba" tribal marks, hand position and loincloth of the male figure, both richly adorned with strings of glass beads, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), facial features abraded, min. dam. (eyes)


Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 108, ill. 1