Rare figure "ere ibeji" with "shango" symbol

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Description

wood, blackish brown patina, slightly dam., small traces of insect caused damage (backside at the base), facial features strongly abraded.
“Ibeji” figures wearing the symbol of the god “shango”, the double axe, or the sign of the “orisha” “eshu”, the “eshu” pigtail are rare to be found. Stoll states, that in these cases it may be supposed that the families in question had a strong allegiance to the respective gods, who might be thought of as the familiy’s “patron orisha”. Such figures are borderline cases. It can not clearly be determined whether they were originally used as “ibeji” or as “shango” figures.

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Comparing literature

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 323, ill. 226 f.

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Publications

AHDRC: 0150560

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