Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji

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Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, camwood powder, four strings of glass beads per figure, pleasing facial features, large hands resting aside the thighs, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), tribal marks on the face, facial features strongly abraded by repeated feeding procedures, slightly dam. (coiffure backside), minor missing part (neck)

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Comparing literature

Chemeche, George, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, Milan 2003, p. 297

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Publications

Zemanek, David, Nigeria, Kult und Ritus, Würzburg 2002, p. 34, ill. 25

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