Pair of twins Ibedji Yoruba Nigeria Wood, pigments... Lot 23

Pair of twins Ibedji Yoruba Nigeria Wood, pigments H.: 28 cm. / H.: 30 cm. Pair of male-female twins with oversized oval crested hairstyles. Straight body, powerful limbs, short legs, hands laid along the thighs. The eyes are bulging, the eyelids lined with streaks, the lips thick. These objects are related to the cult of twins of great importance among the Yoruba. The twins form a spiritual unity. When one of the twins dies, a statuette is made to house the soul of the missing twin. It is clothed, washed, and fed like a living child, and is a moving testimony to filial love beyond death Late objects, authentic Consultant : Jean-Pierre Lacoste