M0019380EA: One of a pair of Ibeji: female figure with long strings of cowrie shells, Nigeria: front view

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Ibedgi female figure with long strings of cowrie shells

Photograph of one of a pair of Ibeji, an Orisha (spirit) representing twins in the Yoruba religion. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1962 and given accession number A301690. Related images: M0019380EB, M0019381, M0019382

March 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A301690

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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