© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Twin Memorial Figure (Ere Ibeji)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Egbado, Ilaro vicinity

Datelate 19th Century

MediumWood, brass

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions8 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (22.2 x 9.6 x 6.5 cm)

Object number1994.004.718

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Five Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, March 1995 - November 1996
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 50, number 58.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1980.

Status

Not on view

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