Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-2602
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2165A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1683
Description:
One of pair of twin Yoruba figures (Ibeji); female with modified cowry shells, bead necklace, bracelet and hip band; 11 3/8" high.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; So. Nigeria; Yoruba (tr.)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Shell (animal material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ere ibeji
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 28.893 centimeters
Comment:
5-2602-3, are a pair.
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982) and S1982-1983 #5: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Jerome Feldman (July 16, 1982–August 19, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-2602, described as One of pair of twin Yoruba figures (Ibeji); female with modified cowry shells, bead necklace, bracelet and hip band; 11 3/8" high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-2602, described as One of pair of twin Yoruba figures (Ibeji); female with modified cowry shells, bead necklace, bracelet and hip band; 11 3/8" high.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-2602, described as One of pair of twin Yoruba figures (Ibeji); female with modified cowry shells, bead necklace, bracelet and hip band; 11 3/8" high.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-2602, described as One of pair of twin Yoruba figures (Ibeji); female with modified cowry shells, bead necklace, bracelet and hip band; 11 3/8" high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-2602, described as One of pair of twin Yoruba figures (Ibeji); female with modified cowry shells, bead necklace, bracelet and hip band; 11 3/8" high.

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