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ID number: BIRRC-D0024 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Twin figurine: 'ere ibeji' Object type: Sculpture Place made: Oyo, W. Nigeria Culture: Yoruba Collector: Danford, John Materials: Wood and beads Measurements: 30 cm |
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Female. Wood, with beads around neck and waist. Commemorative statuettes of dead twins have associations with Sango, the Yoruba thundergod. They are maintained on domestic altars, washed with special infusions, and often painted with camwood and indigo. Oyo style. Collected 1956. |
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| Twin figurine: 'ere ibeji' Unknown BIRRC-D0025 | |
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| Danford, John 1913 1970 | |
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