Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-7638
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007638
Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2445
Description:
Ibeji figure; carved wood; standing male figure with two beaded waist bands. H. 22 cm. W. 9 cm
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
ca. 1967
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and 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:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-7638, described as Ibeji figure; carved wood; standing male figure with two beaded waist bands. H. 22 cm. W. 9 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-7638, described as Ibeji figure; carved wood; standing male figure with two beaded waist bands. H. 22 cm. W. 9 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-7638, described as Ibeji figure; carved wood; standing male figure with two beaded waist bands. H. 22 cm. W. 9 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-7638, described as Ibeji figure; carved wood; standing male figure with two beaded waist bands. H. 22 cm. W. 9 cm

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