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X87.1590AB Twin memorial figures (ere ibeji)

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Object Name: Twin memorial figures (ere ibeji)

Artist: Unknown

Culture: Yoruba peoples

Place of Origin: Nigeria

Date/Era: 20th century

Medium/Materials: Wood, coconut shell beads, metal, camwood powder, indigo

Dimensions: H: 33.5 cm

Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Bequest of Mary Stansbury Ruiz.

Accession Number: X87.1590AB

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Source: Marla C. Berns, World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, 2014

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