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Figure (Ere Ebeji)
Figure (Ere Ebeji)

Figure (Ere Ebeji)

Label TextTwins inspire both fear and wonder in Yorubaland, where the rate of twin births is among the highest in the world. Twins are considered special children who can bring riches to their parents or misfortune to those who do not honor them. If a twin dies, a sculpture is carved to remember them in the prime of life-forward-facing, confident, and dignified.
Object number81.17.607
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 52, reproduced pl. 56 (as "ibeji").
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions11 7/16 x 3 3/16 x 2 7/8 in. (29 x 8.1 x 7.3 cm)
MediumWood, pigment, beads, nails
Figure (Ere Ibeji)
Object number: 81.17.608
Figure (Ere Ibeji)
Object number: 81.17.609
Ibeji, Children of Heaven
Object number: 81.17.611.1
Mask
late 19th-early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.192
Drum
Object number: 81.17.330
Mask
Object number: 81.17.513
Mask
Object number: 81.17.521
Headdress (Ekine Society)
Object number: 81.17.530