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Female Figure [Ere Ibeji]
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Female Figure [Ere Ibeji]

Cultural Group
Dateca. 1960
Mediumwood, pigment, glass beads and plant fiber
Dimensions11 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/2"
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Professor and Mrs. Robert R. Ferens
Terms
    Object number91.0072.02
    DescriptionIn Yorubaland, where the cult of twins is very common, twin (ibeji) figures are carved whenever a twin dies. The “doll” is then carried and cared for as though it were the living child. Cleaned, oiled, and dressed in clothes and beads every few days, it also occupies a special place at the family altar. The intention is to show that the dead child, whose soul is thought to live on in the ibeji figure, is not forgotten.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    Nigeria, Yoruba people
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    Nigeria, Yoruba people
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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