id:			281599
accession number:	2016.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.9
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:31.473000

Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood, copper alloy, iron alloy, lead, glass beads, cowrie shells, twine, and pigment; overall: 25.6 x 18.8 x 5.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Kim Sherwin, 2016.9

title:				Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì)
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Gift of Kim Sherwin
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Wood, copper alloy, iron alloy, lead, glass beads, cowrie shells, twine, and pigment
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 25.6 x 18.8 x 5.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Kim Sherwin
	date: ?–2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 2016–
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CITATIONS

	Smith, Fred T., Judith Perani, Joseph L. Underwood, and Martha J. Ehrlich. The Visual Arts of Africa : Gender, Power, and Life Cycle Rituals. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 169, no. 6.12
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