id: 165164 accession number: 2007.160 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.160 updated: 2023-03-20 10:12:18.684000 Altar figure (onílé), possibly 1700s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Copper alloy; with base: 34.3 x 10.8 x 25.4 cm (13 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 10 in.); without base: 31.3 x 10.8 x 25.4 cm (12 5/16 x 4 1/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund 2007.160 title: Altar figure (onílé) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: possibly 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 current location: 108C Akan & Yoruba creditline: Alma Kroeger Fund copyright: --- culture: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker technique: Copper alloy department: African Art collection: African Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: with base: 34.3 x 10.8 x 25.4 cm (13 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 10 in.); without base: 31.3 x 10.8 x 25.4 cm (12 5/16 x 4 1/4 x 10 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–2007 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2007– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This figure of a horse and rider is related to the Ògbóni society, whose responsibilities include the burial of titleholders and leaders and the judgment and punishment of criminals. A counterweight to the authority of the king, it is also responsible for the selection, installation, and removal of rulers. Probably once forming a pair with a female figure, the equestrian symbolized the king’s male ancestors. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2007.160/2007.160_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2007.160/2007.160_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2007.160/2007.160_full.tif