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LicenseCarved wooden effigy or Ibedji
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Carved wooden effigy or Ibedji
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Carved wooden effigy or Ibedji, typical Yoruba statue of a child, in standing position adorned with strings of cowrie shells, represents a dead twin. Yoruba, Nigeria, 1871-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655897
- Materials:
- wood, cowrie and glass, beads
- Measurements:
-
overall: 215 mm x 70 mm x 94 mm, .58 kg
cowrie string: 280 mm
- type:
- statues
- credit:
- Sotheby's
