CultureYoruba peoples, Egba group
Titles
- Pair of Twin Figures (ere ibeji)
Date1925–1950
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood, and traces of indigo and tukula
Dimensions.1: 8 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (21.6 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
.2: 8 3/4 × 3 × 3 in. (22.2 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
.2: 8 3/4 × 3 × 3 in. (22.2 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1491.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED "Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15 - Dec. 29, 1991. See Exhibit Master file for more information (excode = LOOKING AT SCULPTURE).
EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Paper label on the underside: "I / 88.07.13 / (A)"
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![[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67627/thumbnail)
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
