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Table of Contents
- Foreword by the author
2 - The Yoruba ethnic group
6 - The Yoruba community
8 - The religion and the deities
12 - The ancestor cult
14 - The witches
16 - The twins
20 - The Ibeji cult
22 - Ibeji
24 - Base
26 - Incisions on the base
28 - Position of the arms and hands
30 - Eyes
32 - Ears
34 - Mouth
36 - Hairstyle
38 - Head dress
40 - Scarifications
44 - Ornaments
48 - Clothes
52 - Patina
53 - Natural patina
54 - Camwood patina
56 - Facial patina
58 - Sacrificial patina
62 - Ibeji carvers
67 - Listing
72 - Adugbologe family
74 - Eshubiyi family
78 - Ibeji appraisal
79 - Quality of the sculpture
83 - Quality of the patina
88 - Negative elements
89 - Additional elements
93 - Synthesis of the elements
94 - Carvers and workshops
95 - Conclusions
99 - Expertize of the Ibeji
108 - Bibliography
660 - Ibeji plates