Carved wooden twin figure (Ibeji); male with beaded waist band and blue bead necklace
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
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