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Pair of twin figures - "ere ibeji" - Yoruba - Nigeria
Ethnic group
Yoruba
Origin
Nigeria
Material
Wood, metal and glaas-beads
Size
H 28 cm und 25 cm
Description
There is one string of beads around the waist of the female figure. The nails that represent the eyes are still present.
An Ibeji is used as a container for the soul of a dead twin. The Yoruba believe that the souls of twins are connected to each other and the a dead twin must be looked after exactly like a living child in that it is fed, bathed and spoken to.

Lit.: "Doppel-Leben Ibeji Zwillingsfiguren der Yoruba" - Hanni Jantzen
"Beads, Body and Light in the Yoruba Universe" - Henry Drewal and John Mason - 1998
"Ibeji - The Cult of the Yoruba Twins" - George Chemeche, text by John Pemberton III and John Picton - 2003
"A Closer Look - Local Styles in the Yoruba Art Collection of the Afrika Museum , Berg en Dal" - Hans Witte - 2004.

Price:   480,00 EUR
Catalogue No.:  38-1191
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