ibeji
- Museum number
- Af1959,19.70
- Description
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Wooden 'Ibeji' figure, male, with a string of beads around the neck; partly reworked.
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.50 centimetres
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Width: 8.10 centimetres
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Depth: 7.40 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- Af1959,19.1 to 267 is a field collection made by W B Fagg in Yorubaland between October 1958 and April 1959. The source and price paid for each item have usually been recorded. Nos.1 to 75 are Ibeji figures.
Bought in the leatherworker's market, Oyo. December 1958.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1959,19.70
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: (42) (Register 1959 Fagg Collection number.)