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Yoruba Twin Figure with Cowrie Shell Cape by Yoruba culture
Yoruba Twin Figure with Cowrie Shell Cape by Yoruba culture
  • Yoruba culture
  • Yoruba Twin Figure with Cowrie Shell Cape
  • 11.5 in (29.21 cm)
  • Inv: 2023.1.22
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A Yoruba wood twin figure, ere ibeji, in cowrie shell coat, by a member of the Igbuke family of oyo. The male figure with colored beads about the ankles, green and yellow beads about the neck, the checks scarified with the king's mark.

  • Collections: Permanent Art Collection, Wickstrom Collection of African Art

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