Male/female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba · ID: 3037829

Description

wood, beautiful rich reddish brown patina, shiny in some areas, black paint, indigo blue pigment, encrustations with “osun” (camwood powder), each figure with two strings of glass beads and drilled pupils (metal tags missing), pleasing faces, long arms, incised scarification marks on the faces, slightly dam., crack on the left side of the males head and body (partly spread with mass), the facial features rubbed off through feeding procedures