Pair of Armcuffs

18th century

African Art

On view, 1st floor, African Art
Medium

Brass

Dimensions

5 × 4 5/16 in. (12.7 × 11 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.16

Geography

Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu, Guinea Coast, Nigeria

Culture

Ìjèbú Yorùbá, Òsugbó (Ògbóni) association

Period

18th century

Classification

Jewelry

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Provenance
Dos Winkel (b.1947). Anuschka & Harvey Menist, Haarlem, Holland, to May 4, 1984; Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn 1984–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 90, ill
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

armlets

Subject

figures (representations)

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