Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, encrustations with camwood powder “osun”, metal tag eyes (one missing), each figure abundantly adorned with seven strings of glass beads and strings of cowrie shells, angle-shaped scarification marks on both sides of the face, prominent tattoo below the the left eye, broad flat nose with a projecting mouth underneath, belly with incised scarifications, slightly dam., fine cracks