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Yorùbá

Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

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Yorùbá

Female Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, beads, string, pigment, 11 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in. (28.9 x 9.6 x 6.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1985.286.2
with high vaulted coiffure
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3&13.

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