Female twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Iseyin, Oyo · ID: 3040410
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Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, traces of black paint and indigo blue pigment, encrustations with camwood powder, string with blue glass beads, typical facial features, tribal marks and crested coiffure, massive shoulders and arms, chunky hands resting flat aside the thighs, small pointed breasts, flat base, drilled pupils (metal tags missing), slightly dam., crack, old rep. (breakages in the base clamped with metal clasps)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 412 f.