Female Twin Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 2007
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Virginia Fleming
label: Donor Name
content: Virginia Fleming
notes: label: Notes
content: Twin figure (ibeji). Female with red beads around neck and indigo colored hair.
label: Notes
content: Carved as substitute for a twin or pair of twins that had died. The statues were personal objects that were cared for by the living twin or the deceased twins' mother. On ceremonial occasions the figure would have been washed and dressed and indigo applied to the coiffure. Reference: William Fagg, John Pemberton III, and Bryce Holcombe, eds. Yoruba Sculpture of West Africa. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1982
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ogbomosho, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2042499
label: USNM Number
content: E431922-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 26.5 cm
label: Width
content: 3.5 cm
label: Width
content: 3.5 cm