CultureYoruba peoples, Igbomina group
Titles
- Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji
Date1875–1925
PlaceIla-orangun Town, Nigeria, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
Dimensions11 × 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 inches
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1449
Not 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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1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
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
1900–1925
Wood and traces of tukula
91.1450.A,.B
![[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67627/thumbnail)
