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African Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Artist: Osamuko
Door
late 19th–early 20th century
Wood and nails
58 × 24 × 3 in. (147.32 × 61 × 7.62 cm)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
2012.107.1
Geography:
Country Osi Ilorin, Ekiti, Nigeria
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Yorùbá
Period:
19th–20th century
Classification:
Architectural Elements
Provenance:
Wahigalo Nouhoun, originally from Mali, lived in Monrovia and Ivory Coast: unknown date–2005
Wahigalo Nouhoun sold to Charles Jones, Wilmington, NC: 2005–2012
Charles Jones sold to Yale University Art Gallery in 2012
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
