The smiling face of a fertility doll epitomizes feminine beauty. Tightly braided hair and colorful make-up wrought in beads distinguish this exquisite statuette. Sculpted of sese wood, it is embellished with paint and a plate of embossed brass on the nose. Victor Yao Delanyo finishes it with mansion polish. Venorvi means twins in the Ewe language, where multiple births are highly revered. Such images are usually given to a woman who has delivered twins by the chief priest in the village.
