A Yoruba male Ibeji figure in a beaded coat

A Yoruba male Ibeji figure in a beaded coat

Nigeria

with a double domed grooved coiffure with remains of Reckitt's Blue, pierced ears and with wear to the nose and lips, the body with cam powder and the base with a hatched band, 24.5cm high,

the leather bordered coat with coloured glass beads worked a stylised animal flanked by roundels, linear, chequer and triangular designs, the back with lozenges, 19cm high, 23.5cm wide. (2)

Provenance

Christie's, London, 12 December 1989, lot 299.