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Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg)
Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg)
Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall2.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall2.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_front.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_front.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_side.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_side.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_side2.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_side2.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_threequarter.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_threequarter.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_detail1.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_detail1.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_detail2.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_detail2.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_back.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_back.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_side1.jpg)

Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_side1.jpg)

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Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Yorùbá artist
MEDIUM Wood, pigment, beads
  • Place Made: Nigeria
    • DATES 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.54.53
    CREDIT LINE Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller
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    CAPTION Yorùbá artist. Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì), 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    Yorùbá artist. <em>Male twin figure (Ère Ìbejì)</em>, 20th century. Wood, pigment, beads, 11 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (29 x 10 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.53_overall1.jpg)
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