id:			146933
accession number:	1972.332.2
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.332.2
updated:		2020-11-14 10:01:46.766000

Twin Figure, c. 1940s. Fakeye School (Nigerian). Wood, organic material, probably bluing, glass beads, and natural fiber; overall: 28 cm (11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.332.2

title:				Twin Figure
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creation date:			c. 1940s
creation date earliest:		1940
creation date latest:		1949
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century
technique:	Wood, organic material, probably bluing, glass beads, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Fakeye School (Nigerian)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 28 cm (11 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 127, repr.<br>CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 107, no. 42<br>CMA 1975: "Traditions and Revisions," cat. no. 44.

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PROVENANCE

	Ross Widen, Cleveland
	date: 1966    
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	Ross Widen, Cleveland (1966); Katherine White Reswick
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Among the Yoruba, who have the world's highest instance of multiple births, twins are regarded as sacred children. Should one die, the parents may commission a memorial figure. They then care for the figure (decorate, clothe, wash, and feed it), symbolically honoring and entertaining the spirit of the departed twin so it does not call its partner to join it in the otherworld. The indigo and washing blue in the hair and the red camwood cosmetic rubbed on the bodies of these figures are signs of the devotions of their former owners.
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