Lid to a Vessel for Stones of the River God Erinle (Omori Awo Ota Erinle) Artist: Àbátàn Ọdẹ́fúnkẹ́ Àyìnkẹ́ Ìjà (Yorùbá, Ẹ̀gbádò subgroup, ca. 1885–ca. 1970)

1965

African Art

Not on view
Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

11 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 6 in. (29.8 × 19.1 × 15.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Wilson Perkins Foss IV, B.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1976

Accession Number

2013.135.1

Geography

Òkè-Ọ̀dàn, Ògùn State, Nigeria

Culture

Egbado Yorùbá

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
The artist, Káj?là, Kwara State, Nigeria; given to Wilson Perkins Foss IV (born 1942), July 1965, Òkè-?`dàn, [see note]; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2013

NOTE: Wilson Perkins Foss was traveling at the time with Yale University professor Robert Farris Thompson (1932–2021), who was gifted the pair of this object by the artist.
Bibliography
  • James Green et al., Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2022), 121, 228, fig. 77
  • "Acquisitions 2014," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2014), 4, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

religious objects, vessels

Subject

spirits (beings)

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