We have deliberately chosen to photograph the male ibeji from the back to show the extreme minimilisation achieved by the carver of this unusual pair of figures. From the powerful shoulders the back is tapered to the small cleft sphere of the buttocks: the legs in the form of an arch continue the geometric conceptions of this remarkable carving. That our pair is from Kwara State seems incontestable - all ibeji from that area appear to have the hands placed on the abdomen rather than at the sides of the body (cf. Stoll, 1980, pp.284-286, where somewhat similar figures are attributed to the Egbe of the Ilorin area). To place our ibeji more exactly is impossible until the projected two-volume work under the editorship of Dr. Eyo and the Hammers is published.