Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3039910

Description

wood, matt brown patina with remains of black paint, indigo blue pigment at the coiffure, encrustations with camwood powder, elongated narrow face with bipartite high-towering coiffure, large eyes with eylashes along lower lid, “animal”-like ears, tapering mouth, concentrical incisions on the cheeks, round shoulders and arms, metal tag pupils missing, abrasion of paint (eyes, coiffure)

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 406