Tribal Art & Antiquities - 01 Mar 2017
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A pair of Yoruba female Ibeji Nigeria wood with crested coiffure and with Reckitt's blue
A pair of Yoruba female Ibeji
Nigeria
wood with crested coiffure and with Reckitt's blue, facial scarifications and lashes, one eye with a metal pin, the abdomens, part of the back and the necks with further scarifications, with wrist bangles,
24cm and 24.5cm. (2)
Provenance
Collected in the Nigeria during the 1950's.