UIG5427508 Figurines jumelles Ibeji, sculptees selon les instructions d\'un devin apres le deces d\'un jumeau, afin d\'apaiser l\'esprit du mort. Civilisation Yoruba, Nigeria, 20eme siecle - Yoruba ibeji twin figures, Carved on the instructions of a diviner after the death of a twin, these figures would be fed and cared for to placate the powerful spirit of the dead child. By dancing in the market with the figures tied in her wrapper the mother would be honoured and her future fertility enhanced. Nigeria. Yoruba. 20th c Southwest Nigeria byWerner Forman/UIG/Leemage; Werner Forman/UIG.