Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo/ Ilorin · ID: 3040463

Description

wood, matt blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, two strings of glass beads, style characteristics: massive body and large head with bulky coiffure, accentuated eyelashes, metal tag pupils, incised horizontal tattoos on both sides of the mouth, diamond-shaped incisions running around the base, slightly dam., minor missing parts

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 519