Figure Pair, 1800s. Creator: Unknown.

Figure Pair, 1800s. Creator: Unknown.

2-728-637 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Figure Pair, 1800s. Castings in brass or bronze depicting a female and male joined by a chain are one of the primary symbols of membership in the powerful Oshugbo/Ogboni society. This council of male and female elders selected rulers and decided all important judicial matters among the Yoruba. The paired figures symbolically refer to the society's membership and their communal decisions, as well as all women and men of the community, and the original founding couple.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Brass and iron

Picture Type
  1. Sculpture

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4096x6144
File Size : 73,728kb


Aliases

  1. 1996.402
  1. 159693
  1. 0940023214
  1. 1996.402
  1. 2-728-637
  1. 2728637


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