Ibeji. Divins jumeaux. Antiquité A major figure on the

A major figure on the contemporary scene

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This move is the result of a friendly and close collaboration between Annette Laumon and Francis Janot which led

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Ibeji. Divins jumeaux. Antiquité A major figure on theAccording to a Yoruba legend, the monkeys, whose knowledge of the secrets of nature surpasses that of men, sent them the ibeji, united and inseparable twins. Endowed with sacred status, they are the object of a cult based on statuettes, the ere ibeji, commissioned by families from master sculptors. The eighty works from Benin and Nigeria presented in this book reflect the incredible stylistic diversity and beauty of these silent witnesses to a