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Twin figure

Female twin figure, its hair has been painted in a darker colour and it is wearing a metal necklace. The fingers and toes have been painted red. A red and white pearl necklace has been looped around the figure's midriff four times. There is prominent circular spot painted on the forehead in red lacquer. The figure is standing on a circular base.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Fon
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 160.0 mm
Material/Technique
Metal, Colour pigments, Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/3150 a

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1950 - 1996
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    13.01.1997
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Benin (location/origin)
    who
    Krieg, Karl H. - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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