Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran · ID: 3033297

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, two strings of glassbeads, three strings with coconut-discs, encrustations with camwood powder, diamond-shaped eyes, vaulted pupils with drilled holes, tapering mouth situated at the tip of the chin, incised linear tattoos on the cheeks, slightly dam., cracks, rep. (ankles/base of one figure)

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, o. J. 2008, ill. 579 f. Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 320