Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21 Sep 2023
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A pair of Yoruba Ibeji figures
A pair of Yoruba Ibeji figures
Omu Aran, Igbomina, Nigeria
male and female, with high domed coiffures and scarifications to the faces, the female with a carved waistband and a vertebrae band and the male with a nut disc band,
27.5cm and 27.8cm high. (2)
cf. George Chemeche, Ibeji, The Cult of Yoruba Twins, 2003, p.234, no.202.