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Pair of Armcuffs

18th century

Bronze

5 x 4 5/16 in. (12.7 x 11 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.16
Geography: 
Made in Ijebu, Guinea Coast, Nigeria
Culture: 
Ijebu Yoruba, Òsugbó (Ògbóni) association
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Jewelry
Status: 
Not on view
Provenance: 

Dos Winkel, unknown dates
Anuschka & Harvey Menist, Haarlem, Holland, unknown date-May 4, 1984
Charles B. Benenson Collection, donated to Yale University Art Gallery in 2004

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.

Frederick John Lamp, 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.

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.