- Artist
- Unknown (Nigerian, Yorùbá People)
- Title
- Cowrie Garment (èwù ìlèkè) for Twin Memorial Figure (ere ibéjì)
- Date
- early 20th century
- Medium
- Cowrie shells and fabric
- Credit
- Gift of Drs. James and Gladys Strain, thanks to Jerry and Simona Chazen for their generosity to the University of Wisconsin
- Accession No.
- 2013.52.2
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Geography
- Nigeria
Related
6 December 2013, gifted by Drs. James and Gladys Witt Strain (Riverdale, NY) to the Chazen Museum of Art
- Whirling Return of the Ancestors: Egúngún Arts of the Yorùbá and Beyond: Ruth Davis Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1/22/2018–4/8/2018
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