in west africa the birth of twins is a rare and much revered occurence. when twins are born the mother (and families) visit the fetishman and offerings are given to the "twin fetish". these are feathers, blood, animal sacrifice, etc. in many of the small villages neal and i visited there were a plethora of "twin fetishes". when a twin dies (the mortality rate is extremely high for all babies in west africa) the mother wears a "doll" wrapped in the front of her clothes. when the mother feeds the still alive twin she also feed the "doll" that "represents" the dead twin. she does everything with the "doll" that she does for the still alive twin. neal and i had seen alot of women with dolls in the front of their clothes and were not sure why they were wearing "dolls". once the "twin fetish" was explained to us it made sense.


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One of my favorites of your work, something so spirtiual about this creation. It's very beautiful Jennifer : - ))

Wonderful tone! simple direct Beauty!

Fabulous imagery!!

Your artwork continues to fascinate me Jennifer.

Outstanding work!

Really draws my interest and sparks my imagination. Great piece!

I love your creations, jenniferbeinhacker.com

...another great work of art from you Jennifer...

GreAt Jennifer!!!

Beautiful work !!!!

°°°°° Very good work °°°°°

...and is that not a very wonderful ritual to give honor to a dead twin...it makes the living twin not feel guilty for being alive. We miss rituals like that in the Western World...the world would be more healthy with rituals. Your painting is wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful ... fantastic !!!!

This is great - thanks for sharing it.

wow! and i love that it's painted on cardboard! brilliant work my friend

another fav of mine from you.. love how you captured the look of wonder. :)

Beautiful!!! Excellent work!!!

Love this! Their expressions are great...so inquisitive.

Brilliant, hot colours. I love it.

Ciao My dear Jennifer, your works.... it's impossible to ignore them :-)))

BravissiMo!!!