An Ibeji potentially Igbomina, maybe Ila Orangun, base round high and doomed, short legs, hands touch the hips, backbone not carved, scarification marks below the navel, breasts long and sagging, shoulders broad and round, strong arms, ears protruding, nose short, hairstyle high with a crest in the middle, round and bulging forehead, the eyes bulging with lashes carved on the upper lids, three horizontal and three vertical scarification marks on each cheek; reddish wood, remnants of Camwood, a necklace with black and red pearls. Not precisely classifiable in the Polo/David system.

Lit: Fausto Polo, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008. Mareidi und Gert Stoll, Ibeji. Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, 1980. Hanni Jantzen, Ludwig Bertsch, Doppel-Leben, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, 1993.

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Height: 26 cm
Weight: 210 g