Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbe/area of Ilorin · ID: 3036196

Description

wood, rich brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, one string of white miniature glass beads, distinct characteristics: high crown-like coiffure and hands folded over the belly, one figure with remains of fabric and indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, the coiffure of the second figure partly missing, eyes with metal tags (one missing), long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial features of these figures barely recognizable

Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 279