Female twin figure "ere ibeji" - Nigeria, Yoruba

wood, pigments, camwood powder, metal rings, glass beads, nail heads (eyes), insect caused missing parts
Long years of use in the cult have rendered the facial contures of this figure barely recognizable.
H: 29,8 cm, H: 11,7 inch
Provenance:
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1985, lot 131
Lit.: Stoll, Gert & Mareidi, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, München 1980, ill. 172
Continent: Africa
Condition Report: See description