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Beaded Royal Coronet (orikogbòfò)

Beaded Royal Coronet (orikogbòfò)

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The Yorùbá have a saying: “Beads are like children” (Ìlèkè, l’omo). Beads signify good fortune, wealth, status, and power; rulers wear richly adorned headgear: crowns (adé) on the most important occasions, and coronets (orikogbòfò) at other times. The coronets reveal colonial influences: this one is modeled after a British crown and might have been worn when a ruler was visited by British officials or religious leaders.
Artist
Unknown (Nigerian, Yorùbá People)
Title
Beaded Royal Coronet (orikogbòfò)
Date
mid-20th century
Medium
Beads and fabric
Dimensions
9 x 12 1/2 x 8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Drs. James and Gladys Witt Strain
Accession No.
1993.79
Classification
Beadwork
Geography
Nigeria

Related

23 December 1993, gifted by Drs. James and Gladys Strain (Riverdale, NY) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.
  • Drewal, Henry John. "African Art at the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Biennial Report 2001-2003. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2003): 16-36. pp. 16-36
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1993-1995." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. p. 111

  • Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002

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