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ClassificationsAfrican Art

Male Twin Memorial Figure (Ere Ibeji)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Oyo region, Saki vicinity (?)

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

MediumWood, beads

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm)

Object number1994.004.720

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 1, December 15, 1995 - February 1997
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, Rotation 2, February 1997 - July 1998
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 57, number 75.

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

Status

Not on view

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