Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-4052d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2105004052d
Alternate number:
1983D (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1950
Description:
Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southern Nigerians; Yoruba cluster; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1937-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 27 centimeters
Comment:
Collected at Efon-Alaiye, Nigeria. Carved by the carver of the King or Oni of Ife; identified by William Fagg as "Owo-eye", one of his master carvers.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #89: California State University, Chico (April 21, 1965–August 6, 1965) and S1965-1966 #9: California State University, East Bay (August 10, 1965–October 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-4052d, described as Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-4052d, described as Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-4052d, described as Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-4052d, described as Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-4052d, described as Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-4052d, described as Four figurines showing steps in carving Yoruba twin figures (ibeji); (A) roughed-out female figure; (B) female figure about half finished; (C) completed female figure; (D) completed male figure.

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