id:			146934
accession number:	1972.334
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.334
updated:		2022-02-18 10:01:52.313000

Pair of Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì), c. 1930s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood, organic material, probably bluing, glass beads, and natural fiber; each: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.334

title:				Pair of Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì)
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creation date:			c. 1930s
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1939
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Wood, organic material, probably bluing, glass beads, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Each: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 129, repr.<br>CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 107, no. 41.

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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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