Ibeji figure, male

Artist Yoruba, Oyo, Nigeria

Date1920s

MediumWood, shells, cotton string, cotton cloth embedded with dirt

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of F. Peter Rose

Object number2001.4.1

DescriptionWooden male twin figure wearing thundergod (Ewu Shango) cowrie-beaded cloak. The cloak covers the entire figure from the neck down. The cloak is coarsely woven with dark cloth/fiber (which may have been white) overall application of cowrie shells. Facial features (which are carved) included a closed mouth, with defined lipes, wide nose, ears set back on side of head. Eyes are surrounded with a diamond shape, around a hole, made from a nail. Top of the head is made to look like a crown. The figure stands on a round base.

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