Object name: Ere ibeji figure / Collection place: Nigeria and Africa

Museum number:: 5-10876b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Maker or artist:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 24 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-14901a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 27.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1955-1957

Museum number:: 5-15916
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 22 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Badagry, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-15808
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Maker or artist:: Adugbologe
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 24 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-14880
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 27.7 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-15804
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: base diameter— diameter 7.5 centimeters and height 28.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

Museum number:: 5-2602
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 28.893 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

Museum number:: 5-6288
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 25 centimeters
Collector:: Philip Peek
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: December 1965

Museum number:: 5-14890
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 29.3 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-14864b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 27 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oshogbo, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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