figure
- Museum number
- Af1951,12.177.b
- Description
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Register 1951:
Twin figure, female, carved in wood.
- Dimensions
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Length: 9.75 inches (Register 1951: 9 3/4". [with Af1951,12.177a].)
- Curator's comments
- Accompanies twin figure Af1951,13.177.a. and fibre Af1951,12.177c.
Register 1951:
Composite pair of twin figures, male and female, carved in wood, tied together with fibre string.
Twin figures (hoho ["hoho" underlined]) said to have been made in 1924 & to represent all the twins of the family, not particular ones. From the same shrine as the Glélé figure.
(Triplet figures also seen, also called hoho ["hoho" underlined])
176-185. DAHOMEY, FON TRIBE BANAMÉ.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1951:
176-185: 13.1.50
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1951,12.177.b