id:			165164
accession number:	2007.160
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2025-02-09 06:14:21.028000

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)
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creation date:			possibly 1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		108C Akan & Yoruba
creditline:			Alma Kroeger Fund
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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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.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–2007
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2007–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Dobbelmann, Dr. Theo. A.H.M Het geheime Ogboni-genootschap: Een bronskultuur uit Zuid-West Nigeria. Exhibition catalogue. Berg en Dal, Netherlands: Afrika Museum, 1976: fig. 117, group 14.
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	Herreman, Frank, ed. with contributions by Herman Burssens [et al.]. Material Differences: art and identity in Africa. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Museum for African Art, New York. New York: Museum for African Art; Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 2003: 100, cat. 94.
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	Jacob, Alain and Florin Dragu. Bronzes de l'afrique noir. ABC decor, ABC Collection Series. Pairs: C.P.I.P, 1974: 42.
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	Roberts, Allen F. Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Museum for African Art, New York: The Museum for African Art; Prestel-Verlag, 1995: 115, fig. 20.
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	Witte, Hans, Dr. Earth and the Ancestors: Ogboni iconography. Catalogue of an exhibition. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Gallery Balolu, 1988: 94, 95, plate 24.
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	Petridis, Constantine. "New Acquisitions of African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art". African Arts. (44) No. 1, Spring 2011. Pg. 62, Fig. 9.
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