Set of Four Standing Male and Female Figures

CultureEwe peoples
Titles
  • Set of Four Standing Male and Female Figures
Date1900–1950
PlaceTogo, Africa
MediumWood, beads
Dimensions.1: 7 1/2 × 2 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (19.1 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm)
.2: 7 1/2 × 3 × 2 in. (19.1 × 7.6 × 5.1 cm)
.3: 1 7/8 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (4.8 × 7.9 × 5.7 cm)
.4: 7 × 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (17.8 × 7.3 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.793.1-.4
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.

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Pair of Figures
1900–1940
Wood, cloth, beads
97.806.A-.F
Standing Male Figure
1900–1980
Gold leaf, wood, and beads
98.722
Standing Female Figure
1900–1980
Gold leaf, wood, and beads
98.723
Standing Female Figure
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, and brass tack Whole: Sculpture
91.1439
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood and yellow glass beads
91.1514
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood and beads
91.1544
Pair of Figures
1895–1905
Wood, metal, beads, shell, and paint
97.1495.1,.2
Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood and yellow glass beads
91.1515
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
86.414