A female ibeji, on a round base, small feet, short legs, a clearly accentuated pubes, pointed breasts, the head round, the hairstyle is piled up iroquois-like with two large rows of hair on each side, the hair dyed black, the mouth closed, the nose broad, the rhomboid eyes slightly closed, on each wrist a string with light blue and dark blue beads, around the belly are two, on the left wrist a second string with multicoloured beads, the heavy coat with many rows of cowrie shells; signs of age and use.

Lit.: Mareidi und Gert Stoll, Ibeji. Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, 1980. Hanni Jantzen, Ludwig Bertsch, Doppel-Leben, Ibeji, Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba, 1993. Fausto Polo, Jean David, Catalogue of the Ibeji, 2001. Fausto Polo, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008.

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Height: 27 cm
Weight: 200 g
Weight incl. coat: 1 kg