PAIR OF YORUBA TWIN FIGURES, NIGERIA

PAIR OF YORUBA TWIN FIGURES, NIGERIA

Wood
Height of male figure: 10 in (25.4 cm); Height of female figure: 9 ¾ in (24.8 cm)

Condition Report:
Good condition overall for objects of this age and type with wear consistent with use. Old areas of insect damage to the coiffures of both figures, as partially visible in the catalogue illustration. Minor chipping around edges of the ears and some cracking and abrasion to the faces. Some other minor nicks, chips, scratches, and abrasions in places, and some scattered hairline age cracks. A loss to the proper left breast of the female figure. Exceptionally fine nuanced and glossy mid-brown patina with encrusted camwood powder in places. Freestanding.

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Provenance:
The Arcade Gallery, London

Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above on October 14, 1976