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Start Over Object class Ere ibeji Maker or artist Oke Akanbi
Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figures, accession number 5-15920a,b, described as Carving, ibejis. Standing figures on self-bases with carved pattern on outside base edges. Both have tall, crown-like hairdos with zig-zag border around hairline. Rounded shoulders and thick upper arms. Negative space between arms and torso, fingers are long and deeply carved fingertips attach to upper thigh. Eyes have lines radiating out on eyelids representing eyelashes. No facial markings. Prominent flat noses with deep cuts between nose and upper lip. Detail carving on female is better than the male. Both have 2 rows of zig-zags above genitalia. Indentation of spine on both. Ears are so far back on the head that they meet at the top of the neck and can't be seen from the front. No apparent signs of use. Torsos have "pot-bellies" with flat belly buttons.

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