Sculpture

Ibeji figure, pair incomplete. Fine grained medium brown wood. Whole of body and base coated heavily with cakey, cracked red pigment. Round base with vertical ridges all around. Large flat feet. Very short legs. Wide protruding buttocks, cracked. Arms slightly bent at elbow, hands on hips. Very thin rectangular body leaving a space on each side between body and arms. Wide incision for spine. Pointed protruding breasts. Wearing two bead necklaces. Head large in proportion to body. No pigment rubbed on face. Features shallowly carved. Ears and eyes almost round. Three vertical incisions in center forehead. Three vertical and three horizontal incisions on each cheek. Hair (or headdress) startsabove ridge on forehead and is painted blue. Rather tall crest bisecting head bilaterally. Decorated on top with single incesed line and on sides with vertical chevrons pointing both up and down. Back half of head is badly worn. Poor condition.