id:			147488
accession number:	1973.220
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.220
updated:		2022-01-04 16:47:14.231000

Pair of Ritual Staffs (ẹdan Ògbóni), 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Copper alloy and iron; overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1973.220

title:				Pair of Ritual Staffs (ẹdan Ògbóni)
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1925
creation date latest:		1950
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Copper alloy and iron
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 139, repr.<br>CMA 1974: "Year in Review 1973," CMA Bulletin LXI (Feb., 1974), p. 73, no. 17.

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PROVENANCE

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digital description: 
The chain connecting these two figures allows them to be worn in public by a member of the Ògbóni or Òṣùgbó association as authority emblems. The male on the right gives the association’s typical salute by clasping his left fist on the right one, while the female on the left holds her breasts as a sign of welcome and generosity. The use of copper alloy and iron expresses Ògbóni/Òṣùgbó's concerns with longevity and durability. Long iron spikes would have originally protruded from each figure's base.

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