Dolls; dark-colored wood; vertical incised markings on cheeks & indigo paint in open-work hair crests; a) horizontal marks on forehead; height 25 cm; b) red wooden necklace; height 26 cm. Scraping on (b) done by Peace Corps volunteer from whom specimens purchased. Represent twins; collector was told these are very old due to stooped posture and open-work hair. Name: ere ibeji. Collected May 1965.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ogbomosho (?); Yoruba (Murdock 31:31) Purch. from Peace Corps volunteer; Yoruba trader in Ibadan was told these were from Ogbomosh due to tribal markings.
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
May 1965
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) 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:
1966
Context of use:
Represent twins; collector was told these are very old due to stooped posture and open-work hair.