Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta · ID: 3033166

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, necklace with miniature glass beads and bar-shaped bead, the eyes inset with metal tags, typical facial features with “egba” tribal marks, elaborate disc-shaped coiffure with fine incisions, unusual formed hands, extremely delicate carved, paint rubbed off in some areas

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 129