Twin figure | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Twin figure
Ibeji figure sporting a raised hairstyle, which has been elaborated using the chip-carving technique and painted a dark blue. The protruding eyes have hollows that represent pupils. There is a metal plug in the left eye. The ears are set a long way back on the head. Decorative scars are carved in lines running vertically over the temples and cheeks and horizontally across the chin. The figure is wearing a blue and a red necklace, black and white waist beads a bracelet made of black beads on the right wrist.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Höhe: 280.0 mm
Material/Technique
Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2451 b
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is related to : I/2442
is related to : I/2449 a
is related to : I/2449 b
is related to : I/2450 a
is related to : I/2450 b
is related to : I/2451 a
is related to : I/2455 a
is related to : I/2455 b
is related to : I/2456
is related to : I/2490
is related to : I/2750
is related to : I/2751
is related to : I/2753
Provenance and sources
when
1870 - 1930
when
22.03.1977
who
Privatbesitz - Former Possessors
where
Nigeria (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)
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