Ẹyo Otọ

Ẹyo Otọ

Ẹyo Otọ is a learning space about the objects and their Edo designations. Listen, view and read about their use, production and function.

Catalogue

Catalogue

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Institutions

Institutions

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Provenance

Provenance

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Map

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Itan Edo

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About the project

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number: 1979.206.30
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Digital Benin linked field
Value
English designation
Armcuff
Category
Ceremonial Regalia
Provenance
Carlebach, Julius
Julius Carlebach Gallery
Museum of Primitive Arts, New York
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich
Location
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Public Data (eng)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-07-30
Language: english
Digital Benin linked fieldInstitution fieldValue
object idObject Number1979.206.30
object idObject Sort Number1979 206 30
object idPrimary Rendition Novs1979_206_30-d
designation, object typeTitleBracelet: Figures
materialMediumIvory
dimensionsDimensionsH. 4 × Diam. 3 1/2 in. (10.2 × 8.9 cm)
object typeClassificationBone/Ivory-Ornaments
date madeDate18th century (?)
production placeGeo: CityCourt of Benin
production placeGeo: CountryNigeria
prior sourceCredit LineThe Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
provenanceProvenance[Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1954]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1954, on loan to The Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1956–1978
reign associated nameDynastyOranmiyan
ethnic attributionCultureEdo peoples
exhibition historyExhibitionHistoryAfrican Loan Exhibit School of Visual Arts, NY, October 1, 1960–October 21,1960 The Traditional Arts of Africa's New Nations Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 17, 1961–September 10,1961 Traditional Sculpture of Africa Art Institute of Chicago, October 12, 1961–November 12,1961 Traditional Art of Africa Millbrook School, New York, March 4, 1962–March 16,1962 Art From Africa Manhattanville College, New York, November 20, 1967–December 14,1967 Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from The Museum ofPrimitiveArt The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 10, 1969–August 17,1969 The Role of the Afro American Writer in the Development ofAmerican Literature Nassau Community College, April 9, 1970–April 10,1970 The Art of Nigeria and Cameroon South Huntington Public Library, New York, February 5, 1973–March30, 1973 The Monumentality of Miniature AfricanSculpture Baltimore Museum of Art, March 27, 1973–May 31,1973 5,000 Years of Art History Whatcom Museum of History and Art, December 4, 1976–October 4,1977
bibliographyBibliographyThe Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of PrimitiveArt. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, no. 377. Newton, Douglas. Masterpieces of PrimitiveArt: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978, p. 182. Ross, Doran H. Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1992.
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