Ere Ibeji

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Twin figure

Female Ibeji figure sporting a helmet-like hairstyle, which is adorned with chip-carvings and shows traces of blue paint. The figure is wearing a necklace made of green, red and yellow beads and green waist beads. There are traces of red chalk in the indentations on the figure's body.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 271.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2455 a
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1870 - 1930
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    20.06.1977
    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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