Ibeji (twin figure); standing male figure with self base; reddish brown wood body heavily encrusted with reddish brown mud-like material; face is yellowish brown; cap with vertical grooves at base has traces of blue pigment; large "carnelian" tubular beads and strand of red/white/blue seed beads and strand of amber-like smaller tubular beads around neck.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
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:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
Carved upon the death of a twin or twins. See accession envelope for additional information, including xerox from Fagg et al, Yoruba Sculpture of West Africa.