Ibeji

Maker Unknown, Yoruba, Ibarapa

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensions9 1/2” x 3 1/4” x 3” (24 x 8 x 7.3 cm)

Materials/TechniqueMetal/Tin, pigment, wood, nails

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.0847.COP

DescriptionIbeji, female, with crest hairdo, vertical scarification marks on forehead, hands attached at hips, traces of camwood pigment, jewelry around waist, nails in eyes. (Pair with AF2002.0848, 9040).

Place of origin / madeIgbo-Ora, Ibarapa culture area, Nigeria, Africa

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Gender and Society in Africa

Opening the Africa Collection

Embodied

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