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Pair of Armcuffs
18th century
Bronze
5 × 4 5/16 in. (12.7 × 11 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.16
Geography:
Made in Ijebu, Guinea Coast, Nigeria
Culture:
Ijebu Yorùbá, Òsugbó (Ògbóni) association
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
Dos Winkel. Anuschka & Harvey Menist, Haarlem, Holland, to May 4, 1984; Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn 1984–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.
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.
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
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.
