Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment

CultureYoruba peoples, Oyo group
Titles
  • Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
Date1900–1930
PlaceNigeria, Guinea Coast, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
Dimensions11 × 8 3/4 × 4 1/8 in. (27.9 × 22.2 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1448.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
Exposé

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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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