© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Door (Ilekun)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Oyo Osogbo/Ilobu/Erin vicinity

MediumWood

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions1 9/16 x 51 9/16 x 24 13/16 in. (4 x 131 x 63 cm)

Object number1994.004.340

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
The Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 24-25, number 5.

ProvenanceEx coll. William Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1980.

Status

Not on view

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