Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-15659
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015659
Alternate number:
266 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, wood, handcarved; female with elongated headdress and scarification on cheeks and forehead; pronounced breasts; steatopygic buttocks.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Abeokuta
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.9 centimeters and height 22.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15659, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, wood, handcarved; female with elongated headdress and scarification on cheeks and forehead; pronounced breasts; steatopygic buttocks.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15659, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, wood, handcarved; female with elongated headdress and scarification on cheeks and forehead; pronounced breasts; steatopygic buttocks.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15659, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, wood, handcarved; female with elongated headdress and scarification on cheeks and forehead; pronounced breasts; steatopygic buttocks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-15659, described as Carving, Ibeji (twin) figure, wood, handcarved; female with elongated headdress and scarification on cheeks and forehead; pronounced breasts; steatopygic buttocks.

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