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CultureYoruba peoples
Titles
  • Male Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
Date1850–1970
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood and brass
Dimensionswhole: 8 1/4 inches tall

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1502
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.

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Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
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Wood, glass beads, and brass
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[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
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1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
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[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
Unknown African
1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
86.415
Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood, camwood, and beads
91.1542
[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
Unknown African
1850–1950
Wood
91.1492
Pair of Twin Figures (ere ibeji)
Unknown African
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
Male Twin Figure
Unknown African
1850–1950
Wood
91.1490
Unknown African
1850–1970
Iron and brass
91.1503
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
Twin Figure (ere ibeji) with Garment
Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
Ere Ibeji (Twin Figures)
Unknown African
Late 19th–early 20th century
Wood and beads
2020.405.1,.2
Unknown African