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Male Ibeji Figure

CultureYoruba peoples
Date20th century
MediumWood, polychrome, beads and cowrie shell
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 × 3 1/8 × 3 inches (28.58 × 7.94 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker
Object number66-47/2
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

1965 Arts Festival Exhibits, Rockford College, Rockford, IL, March 3-7, 1965, no. 55.

Ethnic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker: Africa, Mediterranean, Oceania, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 17, 1966-January 29, 1967, no. 88B.

Provenance

Herbert (1924-2001) and Gwen Baker, Highland Park, IL, no. A-51, by 1965-July 8, 1966 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1966.

NOTES:

[1] Herbert Baker began collecting African art in 1950.

Published References

1965 Arts Festival Exhibits, exh. cat. (Rockford, IL: Rockford College, 1965), unpaginated.

Ethnic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker: Africa, Mediterranean, Oceania, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1966), 28.

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