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Yorùbá

Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

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Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yorùbá

Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yorùbá

Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, glass beads, string, pigment, 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nance Asher, Denton, Maryland
Object Number 1988.63
with upswept coiffure, ending in a bun, red and multi-colored beads
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3&13.

Galerie Koller Zürich. "Afrikanische Kunst," June 25, 2005. (Cat. 67)

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Yorùbá

2000–2000

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