Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Offa, Igbomina · ID: 3036980

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, encrusted in some areas, “osun”, small body with handle-shaped arms rising from short legs akimbo, head with long and pointed ears, wearing a high tapering headdress, the small face provided with short nose and and projecting mouth, scarification marks on the cheeks, slightly dam.;
rare “ibeij” type !

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 615