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Yoruba figure (N° 23063)

Ibeji statuettes, incarnation of the missing child in African Yoruba art.
Stripped of its ritual accessories, this naked male figure, supported by rectangular feet, rises in a rectilinear posture. Orange-brown semi-satin patina, residual encrustations, cracks. In the language of the Yoruba people, ibeji means twin: ibi for born and eji for two. They represent the figure of a deceased twin. These African statuettes named ibeji are then treated as the missing child would have been. It is the mother who must take care of them; she can wash and feed them regularly. If she dies, the remaining twin takes over. Considered as much more than a physical representation of a loved one, the ibedji influences the life of the family, which is why the latter continues to address prayers to it and to devote worship and libations to it.
A careful comparative study has been carried out by Fausto Polo and Jean David in the book Catalogue of the Ibeji  

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OriginEx-collection belge
EthnyYoruba
Countrynigéria
Material(s)wood
Height cm23
Width9 cm
Weight0.30 Kg
Estimated datingcirca 1960

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