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Yoruba Ibeji female twin Protective figure, older carving…
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Sydney
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27-May-2018
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Yoruba Ibeji female twin Protective figure, older carving represents a deceased twin and it is decorated with a necklace of antique glass beads and strings of heishi bead discs around the neck, hands, waist and feet. The Yoruba have one of the world's highest rates of twin births, but up till modern times, a Nigeria, very high rate of infant mortality. Twins were regarded as a blessing and these ibeji figures were carved to represent the missing twin, thus appeasing the departed spirit and protecting the survivor
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