An Ibeji couple standing on round bases, short legs, navel protruding, chest emphasized, rounded shoulders, the hands rest flat on the tighs, mouth chin and nose with the same width, eyes elliptical and not bordered but with lashes on the upper eyelids and holes for the pupil nails, high forehead, square ears, the female has five scarification marks on each side running from the mouth to the hairline, the male has three vertical on each cheek under the eyes, they wear a headgear with two little chignons on the top, both wear several strings of beads, some of which are baked into a thick layer of camwood.

Lit: Polo/David, Catalogue, 2001. Polo, Enzyklopädie, 2008. Jantzen/Bertsch, Doppel-Leben, 1993. Stoll, Ibeji, 1980.

sold

Height: 25,5 cm / 26 cm
Weight: 293 g / 302 g