A Yoruba female Ibeji figure by Salakatu Ayo

A Yoruba female Ibeji figure by Salakatu Ayo
Abeokuta, Nigeria
with a fine layered and tied coiffure, wearing glass beads and a metal bangle, the base signed with two concentric triangles,
26cm high.

Salakatu Ayo (d. 1980) was the son of Oniyide Adugbologe and the brother to Makinde, who were all carvers in the Abeokuta workshop, a family traditon dating to the 19th century.