Pair of ibedji twins. Yoruba, Nigeria. H 26,5cm, with blue dyed piled up coiffures, ending in a knot; the male figure wears a disc necklace around the body, both figures with numerous linear scarification marks on body and face; reddish brown patina with remains of camwood powder, from Ijara, Igbomina. Illustrated in: K.-F. Schaedler, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture (2009) p.278. Intact. Provenance: Ex Coll. Manfred Schäfer, Ulm.

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