Ere Ibeji

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Twin figure

Twin figure made of reddish brown wood, smoothed and rubbed with reddish clay. This headdress resembles a helmet and is richly decorated with a notched pattern (cross-cut lattice in geometric fields). There are short scarification marks on the forehead and cheeks and rich decorative scars on the body and arms. The pedestal and figure have been fashioned out of one piece of wood. The figure is wearing a glass bead necklace.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 270.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2449 b
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    20th century
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    22.03.1977
    who
    Privatbesitz - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Nigeria (location/origin)
    Africa (location/origin)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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