Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila area · ID: 3039467

Description

wood, blackish-brown patina, encrusted in some areas, small remains of indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, striking massive hairdo in five crown-shaped jags, the head overlong and thin with large eyes and animal-like ears, abundant breasts decorated with carved amulet, the body slender with narrow sloping shoulders rising from short legs, scarifications on cheeks and back, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks

Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 304, ill. 204