Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti · ID: 3033313

Description

wood, middle brown patina, blackish blue paint at the coiffure, necklace with ancient glass beads, partly in “millefiori” design, well-formed bodies, regular clear cut facial featues, fine carving as a whole, lancet-shaped tribal marks on the cheeks, bulging eye apples, the pupils of one of the figures provided with metal tags (one missing), slightly dam., cracks, missing part (ear)