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Bogunjoko Fakeye and Yorùbá

Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

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Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, leather, pigment, 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nance Asher, Denton, Maryland
Object Number 1988.64.2
Galerie Koller Zürich. "Afrikanische Kunst," June 25, 2005. (Cat. 67), encrustations of camwood powder
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3&13.

Artist

Bogunjoko Fakeye

2000–2000

Nigerian
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Culture

Yorùbá

2000–2000

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