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
On view
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Department
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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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1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
![[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67605/thumbnail)
1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
86.415
![[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67627/thumbnail)
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
