Zwillingsfigurenpaar (ere ibeji). Yoruba, Nigeria.
Wood, painted, glass pearls, strings.
Height of female figure: 25 cm (9.8 in). Height of male figure: 25,5 cm (10,1 in).
[KT].

PROVENANCE:
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION:
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Inspiration des Fremden. Die Brücke-Maler und die außereuropäische Kunst, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), November 13, 2016 - January 29, 2017, pp. 40-41, cat. no. 14 (with illu.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE:
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 417, SHG no. 897 (with illu.).