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Description: | Pair of Ibeji twins, one male, one female in oiled dark-brown hardwood. On circular ribbed stands with hands on hips, broad shoulders and elbows bent. large feet and hands, small buttocks, female has thicker shoulders and pointed breasts. both have high, vertically grooved hairstyle, bulbous eyes with small hole for pupils, large lips and backward jutting ears. 3 dash scar marks on forehead, slightly different leaf-shaped cheek. scar marks on each figure. Symbolic of dead twins.
Material: wood
Material: grease
image | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.62452 | Go to resource |
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