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    "data": {
        "id": 147488,
        "accession_number": "1973.220",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Pair of Ritual Staffs (\u1eb9dan O\u0300gbo\u0301ni), 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yor\u00f9b\u00e1-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",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Pair of Ritual Staffs (\u1eb9dan O\u0300gbo\u0301ni)",
        "creation_date": "1900s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1925,
        "creation_date_latest": 1950,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yor\u00f9b\u00e1-style maker"
        ],
        "technique": "Copper alloy and iron",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "African Art",
        "collection": "African Art",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.089
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 301878,
                    "title": "Year in Review: 1973",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).",
                    "opening_date": "1974-01-30T05:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "CMA 1968: \"African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection,\" cat. no. 139, repr.",
                    "opening_date": "1968-01-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "CMA 1974: \"Year in Review 1973,\" CMA Bulletin LXI (Feb., 1974), p. 73, no. 17.",
                    "opening_date": "1974-02-01T00:00:00"
                }
            ]
        },
        "provenance": [],
        "find_spot": null,
        "related_works": [],
        "former_accession_numbers": [
            "746.68"
        ],
        "did_you_know": "Imagine how this would look when its owner wore it; the chain would go around the back of their neck and the figures would rest on their chest.",
        "description": "The chain connecting these two figures allows them to be worn in public by a member of the O\u0300gbo\u0301ni or \u00d2\u1e63\u00f9gb\u00f3 association as authority emblems. The male on the right gives the association\u2019s 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 O\u0300gbo\u0301ni/\u00d2\u1e63\u00f9gb\u00f3's concerns with longevity and durability. Long iron spikes would have originally protruded from each figure's base.",
        "external_resources": {
            "wikidata": [
                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79926645"
            ],
            "internet_archive": []
        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 139.",
                "page_number": "",
                "url": ""
            }
        ],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.220",
        "images": {},
        "alternate_images": [],
        "creditline": "Gift of Katherine C. White",
        "image_credit": null,
        "sketchfab_id": null,
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        "gallery_donor_text": null,
        "athena_id": 147488,
        "creators": [],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1973-12-28T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1925,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "1900s",
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        "on_loan": false,
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        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [
            "Joined Human Figures"
        ],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-03-26 23:59:26.066000"
    }
}