Artist
Unknown African
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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