Artist
Unknown African
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
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
Unknown African
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449
Unknown African
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
![[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67627/thumbnail)
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Unknown African
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
![[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67605/thumbnail)
Unknown African
1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
86.415
Unknown African
c. 1900
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, and glass beads
2022.110
Unknown African
1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451