Male Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì) | Yale University Art Gallery

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium: Wood, beads, and fiber
Dimensions: 9 × 2 3/4 × 3 in. (22.9 × 7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Carol B. and Jerome P. Kenney
Accession Number: 2022.18.12
Geography: Nigeria
Culture: Yorùbá
Classification: Sculpture
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Ruth Anspach and Ernst Anspach (1913–2002), New York [see note 1]; sold to Carol Brock Kenney (born 1947) and Jerome Paul Kenney (1941–2019), New York, June 1989 (inv.no. 1131); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022

Note 1: Ernst Anspach was a German economist and lawyer celebrated for his African art collection which he and his wife, Ruth, built over 30 years. In 1967 highlights from their collection were exhibited at the Museum of Primitive Art in New York. Carol and Jerome Kenney acquired a significant portion of their collection in 1989.

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