Twin figure "ere ibeji" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado · ID: 3039755

Description

wood, middle brown patina, the head is dyed blackish-brown, traces of indigo blue paint, strings of glass beads and tiny shell discs, carved with a loincloth, surmounted by an egg-shaped head with crested coiffure and flat facial features, pierced pupils, lancet-shaped scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam., fine cracks, small missing parts

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