Artist
Unknown African
CultureYoruba peoples
Titles
- Ere Ibeji (Twin Figures)
DateLate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood and beads
DimensionsOverall (Each): 11 × 3 3/8 × 2 7/8 in. (27.9 × 8.6 × 7.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2020.405.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryYoruba: Sculpture of West Africa, Pace Primitive Gallery, NY, Feb. 20–March 20, 1982.
Exhibited as loan, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004–2020, when given.
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Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
![[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
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
Unknown African
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449
Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
![[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67627/thumbnail)
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
![[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67619/thumbnail)