Female twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun, Igbomina · ID: 3037011

Description

wood, matt brown patina, indigo blue and white pigment, four strings of glass beads/coconut discs, unusual high towering hairdo, face with large projecting eyes, a broad flat nose and pointed chin, ears with drilled holes, carved with a belt around the hips, slightly dam., small traces of insect caused damage (coiffure), abrasion (facial features, neck lobe)

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 545