Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo · ID: 3036968

Description

wood, brown patina, “osun”, six strings (miniature glass beads/coconut discs), male/female, both wearing the same cap-like hairdo with incised patterns, ears with drilled holes for attachment of ornament, pupils originally accented with nails, the faces with the characteristic broad and flat noses show a bright washing patina, min. dam., minor missing parts (drilled ear hole of the male broken);
in typical Yoruba style, pleasant, smooth and well-proportioned.

Littérature comparée

Stoll, Gert, Ibeji, Zwillingfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, p. 212, ill. 99