Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-14456a
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
F557A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Dolls; females, Ibeji twins, wood carved, facial and torso scars. A) Blue indigo pigment on headdress, fading red pigment on body, right breast and headdress are partially broken off.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
1960
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 26.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-14456a, described as Dolls; females, Ibeji twins, wood carved, facial and torso scars. A) Blue indigo pigment on headdress, fading red pigment on body, right breast and headdress are partially broken off.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-14456a, described as Dolls; females, Ibeji twins, wood carved, facial and torso scars. A) Blue indigo pigment on headdress, fading red pigment on body, right breast and headdress are partially broken off.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-14456a, described as Dolls; females, Ibeji twins, wood carved, facial and torso scars. A) Blue indigo pigment on headdress, fading red pigment on body, right breast and headdress are partially broken off.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-14456a, described as Dolls; females, Ibeji twins, wood carved, facial and torso scars. A) Blue indigo pigment on headdress, fading red pigment on body, right breast and headdress are partially broken off.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-14456a, described as Dolls; females, Ibeji twins, wood carved, facial and torso scars. A) Blue indigo pigment on headdress, fading red pigment on body, right breast and headdress are partially broken off.

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