Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:

5-16001b

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.4677

Object count:

1

Donor:

Berta Bascom

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Efon-Alaiy-Oni's carver in Ife.

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1937-1938

Object type:

ethnography

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

Accession date:

December 15, 1995

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)