Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:
5-11843
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011843
Accession number:
Acc.2980
Description:
twin figure (ibeji); standing male on round base; patinated; purple paint on headdress probably recent; clamshell disc beads around neck, coconut shell beads around abdomen; hands on thighs; ht. 28.4 cm.
Donor:
Barbara M. Roth
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba att.
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Barbara M. Roth
Collection date:
1973
Materials:
Clam shell (salt water), Paint (coating), 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:
1973
Context of use:
One figure was carved when a twin died and it was fed as long as the parents or the other twin lived; a pair indicates that neither twin survived childhood.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 28.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-11843, described as twin figure (ibeji); standing male on round base; patinated; purple paint on headdress probably recent; clamshell disc beads around neck, coconut shell beads around abdomen; hands on thighs; ht. 28.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-11843, described as twin figure (ibeji); standing male on round base; patinated; purple paint on headdress probably recent; clamshell disc beads around neck, coconut shell beads around abdomen; hands on thighs; ht. 28.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-11843, described as twin figure (ibeji); standing male on round base; patinated; purple paint on headdress probably recent; clamshell disc beads around neck, coconut shell beads around abdomen; hands on thighs; ht. 28.4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ere ibeji figure, accession number 5-11843, described as twin figure (ibeji); standing male on round base; patinated; purple paint on headdress probably recent; clamshell disc beads around neck, coconut shell beads around abdomen; hands on thighs; ht. 28.4 cm.

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