Male twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo (presumably from Ilobu) · ID: 3036971

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, indigo blue pigment, crown-shaped hairdo, tribal marks on forehead and cheeks, nail heads as pupils, abrasion of facial features through constant washing procedures, slightly dam. (coiffure backside);
thick encrusted with “osun” (camwood powder), two strings with coconut discs around the hips, two necklaces with blue glass beads - lavishly decorated and affectionately treated by a caring family.

Littérature comparée

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 219, ill. 106