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Kolanut Bowl in Form of a Chicken with Mother and Child (olumeye)

Kolanut Bowl in Form of a Chicken with Mother and Child (olumeye)

Lamidi Olonade Fakẹyẹ

The tradition of offering bowls held by kneeling females signifies respect, devotion, and supplication for kneeling is also the birthing position (kúnle abiamo). Often used in the home to hold kolanuts for honored guests, the olumeye might also be kept on an altar for gods or ancestors. Fakeye, a fifth-generation Yorùbá sculptor, considered this piece to be a bridge between past and present cultures and was pleased it would be displayed in a museum. The intricately incised patterns and crisp details are hallmarks of Fakeye’s work.
Artist
Lamidi Olonade Fakẹyẹ
(Nigerian, Yorùbá, 1928 - 2009)
Title
Kolanut Bowl in Form of a Chicken with Mother and Child (olumeye)
Date
2007
Medium
Wood and oil
Dimensions
26 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. overall
Credit
J. David and Laura Seefried Horsfall Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
2009.33a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Nigeria

Related

21 October 2009, sold by Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (Ife, Nigeria) to Chazen Museum of Art

  • Rarey, Matthew Francis and Henry John Drewal. "Never at Rest: African Art at the University of Wisconsin." African Arts, vol 53, no. 4 (2020): 68-85. fig. 10

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