Ere Ibeji (Twin Figures)

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 Art
Object Type
Provenance[Pace Primitive Art, New York]; purchased by private collection, Los Angeles; [Pace Primitive Art, New York]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, Nov. 9, 1999; given to MFAH, 2020.
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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Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Overall front
Early 20th century
Wood, glass beads, and brass
2023.145
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
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)
1850–1970
Wood, camwood, and beads
91.1542
[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
86.415
Pair of Twin Figures (ere ibeji)
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449
Twin Figure (ere ibeji) with Garment
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)
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Pair of Figures
1895–1905
Wood, metal, beads, shell, and paint
97.1495.1,.2
Ibeji (Pair of Twin Figures)
c. 1895–1905
Wood, paint
97.1500.1,.2
Pair of Twin Figures, Ibeji
1875–1925
Wood, metal, paint
97.1499.1,.2