African Art
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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: 
Osi Ilorin, Ekiti, Nigeria
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
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.