Carved male effigy
- maker:
- Yoruba people
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Carved wooden, male effigy
Science Museum Group
Carved wooden, male effigy, known as Ibedji figure to represent a dead twin and used as a companion for the remaining twin, a cult object, taken by the forces of the Royal Nigeria Co., from Yoruba,
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A5779
- Materials:
- wood, decoration, cowries, decoration, glass, beads and decoration, leather
- type:
- effigy
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
