Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ifon · ID: 3037518

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint, indigo blue pigment, five strings of miniature glass beads, male/female, the bodies strongly encrusted with camwood powder “osun”, metal tag eyes, linear scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, flat broad noses, notched mouth, slightly dam.

Littérature comparée

Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 411