An Ibeji couple, the female is a little bit taller than the male Ibeji, the bases are formed by the two feet wearing high sandals, the legs are short and spread apart, the feet are elaborately carved, hands rest on the thighs, the backbone is shown, the pubic hair is carved as little squares, the genitalia are well emphasised, so are the chest and the breasts, who have incised nipples, the neck is strong, the hair is combed high to end in a little chignon and it is painted with Reckitt varnish, the forehead tapers to a ridge in the middle and is very high, the ears are set on the back of the head, the nose also has a sharp ridge, the eyes are rhomboidal, big and bordered all around, there are three vertical scarification marks on each cheek, the mouth has a v-form. This is – besides the base and the eyes – a main identifying feature. Dark brown patina, remains of Camwood.

Note the modelling of the body, the workmanship of the feet.

Lit.: Fausto Polo, Jean David, Catalogue of the Ibeji, 2001. Fausto Polo, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008. R.F. Thompson, Black god of kings, 1971.

sold

Height: 25 cm / 27 cm
Weight: 162 g / 166 g