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Start Over Collection place British West Africa (historic) Donor Barbara M. Roth
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-12985, described as effigy cup; standing woman w/ open figure-eight shaped compartment starting below breasts extending to thighs; bent knees; right foot repaired, right hand and forearm missing; carved dark wood; jequirity beans set in mastic both sides of head; h. 56.5 cm Role in trade - Acc. to Sieber "are for the most part carved for the Jaba by sculptors of the neighboring Koro.
Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-11843, described as twin figure (ibeji); standing male on round base; patinated; purple paint on headdress probably recent; clamshell disc beads around neck, coconut shell beads around abdomen; hands on thighs; ht. 28.4 cm.

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