A FINE AND UNUSUAL PAIR OF YORUBA TWIN FIGURES, ere ibeji, male and female, each with the hands placed on the abdomen of the very attentuated body and with tall conical blued coiffures, the faces of almost cylindrical form, the female with carved lip plug, with strand of coloured beads and cowrie shells respectively, some cracks and termite erosion, from Kwara state, probably from Esie

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A FINE AND UNUSUAL PAIR OF YORUBA TWIN FIGURES, ere ibeji, male and female, each with the hands placed on the abdomen of the very attentuated body and with tall conical blued coiffures, the faces of almost cylindrical form, the female with carved lip plug, with strand of coloured beads and cowrie shells respectively, some cracks and termite erosion, from Kwara state, probably from Esie
27cm. high (2)

拍品專文

We have deliberately chosen to photograph the male ibeji from the back to show the extreme minimilisation achieved by the carver of this unusual pair of figures. From the powerful shoulders the back is tapered to the small cleft sphere of the buttocks: the legs in the form of an arch continue the geometric conceptions of this remarkable carving. That our pair is from Kwara State seems incontestable - all ibeji from that area appear to have the hands placed on the abdomen rather than at the sides of the body (cf. Stoll, 1980, pp.284-286, where somewhat similar figures are attributed to the Egbe of the Ilorin area). To place our ibeji more exactly is impossible until the projected two-volume work under the editorship of Dr. Eyo and the Hammers is published.