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Globular eyes, judicial scarifications, common clothing, its protective adornments are the \'ajebu\'. Smooth black patina.
Carved according to the indications of the \"ifa\" transmitted to the soothsayer \"babalawo\".
In the Yoruba language, ibeji means twins: \'ibi\' for born and \'eji\' for two. They depict the figure of a deceased twin.
This ibeji is then treated as a missing child would have been. It is the mother who has to take care of it; she can wash and feed it regularly.
Sometimes a man would have ibeji carved for his wife to induce pregnancy.