TWO STANDING MALE IJO AND SONGYE NSAPO FIGURES, the Ijo from Nigeria; with Janus head, each face with almond-shaped eyes, thin vertical nose and slit mouth, tall cylindrical neck, squared shoulders rounded chest elongated torso and arms bent at elbow, hands holding implements standing on bent legs wearing neck ornament and waist wrap; the Songye with large feet supporting bent legs, protrudng navel and penis, narrow torso with squared shoulders, muscular arms, bent elbows, hands forward, a thin cylindrical neck supporting exaggeratedly large head with rounded forehead and pointed chin, large nose of triangular section, tubular mouth, elaborate coiffure element at right angle to head, torso articulated with light and dark bands, head painted dark with light accents-Ijo figure, 24in. (60.9cm.) high; Songye figure, 18½in. (21.5cm.) high (2)

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TWO STANDING MALE IJO AND SONGYE NSAPO FIGURES, the Ijo from Nigeria; with Janus head, each face with almond-shaped eyes, thin vertical nose and slit mouth, tall cylindrical neck, squared shoulders rounded chest elongated torso and arms bent at elbow, hands holding implements standing on bent legs wearing neck ornament and waist wrap; the Songye with large feet supporting bent legs, protrudng navel and penis, narrow torso with squared shoulders, muscular arms, bent elbows, hands forward, a thin cylindrical neck supporting exaggeratedly large head with rounded forehead and pointed chin, large nose of triangular section, tubular mouth, elaborate coiffure element at right angle to head, torso articulated with light and dark bands, head painted dark with light accents-Ijo figure, 24in. (60.9cm.) high; Songye figure, 18½in. (21.5cm.) high (2)