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Yorùbá

Male Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

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Male Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yorùbá

Male Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yorùbá

Male Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, beads, string, pigment, 11 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 2 7/8 in. (28.1 x 10.9 x 7.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1985.286.1
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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Yorùbá

2000–2000

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