Artist
Unknown African
CultureYoruba peoples
Titles
- Ere Ibeji (Sacred Twin Figure)
DateEarly 20th century
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, and brass
Dimensions10 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (27.3 × 9.3 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2023.145
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryOn view on loan at the MFAH, 2005-2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A
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![[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67627/thumbnail)
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Unknown African
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
600–900 AD
Chert
91.332
Unknown Central and South American
600–900 AD
Earthenware with slip
89.264
Louis Faurer
c. 1948, printed 1980
Gelatin silver print
2019.339
![[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)](/internal/media/dispatcher/67619/thumbnail)