Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3042635

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, characteristic pear-shaped face, nearly beak-like tapered mouth, large eyes with bulging eyeballs, linear scarification marks on the face, the body strikingly thick encrusted with clay-like mass, resp. camwood powder, facial features abraded, slightly dam.

Comparing literature

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 571 ff.