Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-15661
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1258 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, male, wood, handcarved; elongated headdress, arms; scarification on forehead and cheeks; shiny metal nails in eye pupils; opening between limbs and body; round base.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Gift of Sara Tunkara, 1969.
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
gift of Sara Tunkara, 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 8.1 centimeters and height 26.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15661, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, male, wood, handcarved; elongated headdress, arms; scarification on forehead and cheeks; shiny metal nails in eye pupils; opening between limbs and body; round base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15661, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, male, wood, handcarved; elongated headdress, arms; scarification on forehead and cheeks; shiny metal nails in eye pupils; opening between limbs and body; round base.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15661, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, male, wood, handcarved; elongated headdress, arms; scarification on forehead and cheeks; shiny metal nails in eye pupils; opening between limbs and body; round base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15661, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, male, wood, handcarved; elongated headdress, arms; scarification on forehead and cheeks; shiny metal nails in eye pupils; opening between limbs and body; round base.

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