Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment

Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment

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Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
CultureYoruba peoples, Egba group
Titles
  • Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
Date1900–1950
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
Dimensionsassembled: 8 3/8 × 14 5/8 × 4 1/2 inches
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1447.A-.C
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.

EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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