Ibeji Figure

Sculpture

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Ibeji Figure

Entry/Object ID

2013.189

Description

Highly stylized female figure with protruding stomach and buttocks and elaborate hairstyle in red colored wood.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Balient Denes

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: No date

Ethnography

Notes

Africa (Possibly Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede)

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

SCULPTURE

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

2-1/2 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Length

10 in