Male twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba

wood, pigments, redwood/ palmoil paste, glass beads, rep., base
Particularly sympathetic "ibeji" type, from the "master of the smiling face". An "ibeji" pair of this master was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster on 27 June 2015.
H: 29,5 cm, H: 11,6 inch
Provenance:
Lauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (1965/66)
Poul Mørk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 November 2016, Lot 64
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
AHDRC: 0136097
Lit.: Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 548
Condition Report: See description