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Bogunjoko Fakeye and Yorùbá

Male Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

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Male Twin Figure (Ibeji)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, 11 in. (28 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nance Asher, Denton, Maryland
Object Number 1988.56
with double lobed coiffure forming semi-circle in front, encrustation
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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