Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji · Nigeria, Yoruba, Gbongan, Ife · ID: 3034027
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Size
H: 23, resp. 24 cm
H: 23, resp. 9.4 inch
Description
wood, shiny blackish brown patina, encrusted with redwood powder, big eyes with grooved contour and without traces of metal tags forming the pupils, unusual bulgy coiffure, separated from the forehead by a raised headband, slightly dam., minor missing parts (coiffure)
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 307