by Artist (2)
unknown Yoruba
Yoruba Primary
Opo Ile (Veranda Post)
19th century - 20th century
Carved, painted, and incised wood with pigment
55 in. x 8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (139.7 cm x 20.32 cm x 19.05 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.5.58
Other Number(s):
84-15 (Neufeld Collection Number)
Geography:
Africa, Nigeria
Classification:
Architectural Artifacts; Architectural Elements
Culture/Nationality:
Yoruba, Nigerian, West African, African
Collection:
Neufeld Collection
Keywords
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- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- female - Referring to the sex that normally produces eggs or female germ cells.
- knives - Cutting instruments consisting of a blade with a sharpened longitudinal edge fixed in a handle, either rigidly as in a table-, carving, or sheath-knife, or with a joint as in a pocket- or clasp-knife. Knives may be used to cut food, especially in serving and eating, as weapons, and for other purposes. The blade may be of steel or another metal or stone, as in the flint knives of early man, or of another material such as ivory or wood (as with a paperknife). The term also refers to tools that are shaped or used as knives, even if the edge is not particularly sharp or actually used for cutting.
- male - Referring to the sex that in reproduction normally produces sperm cells or male gametes.
- Nigerian
- rifles - Firearms having a rifled bore and designed to be fired by one person from the shoulder.
- West African - Styles and cultures from the region comprising the westernmost area of the African continent, defined by the United Nations as including the modern nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
- Yoruba
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- African and Pacific Art from the Neufeld Collection Bryn Mawr College , Apr 28, 1993 – Jun 1, 1993
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Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Ownership End Date: 7/18/1991
Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
- "African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0180120.
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
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"African Heritage Document and Research Center."
(Accessed June 11, 2020):
AHDRC.eu.
Record No.: 0105906.
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"Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Online Collections."
(Accessed July 1, 2020):
collections.mfa.org.
Accession No.: 1996.388.
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"The St. Louis Art Museum Collection."
St. Louis Art Museum: Collection.
(Accessed July 1, 2020):
St. Louis Art Museum,
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/?show_on_view=true&featured_objects=false.
Accession No.: 188.2003.
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"African Heritage Document and Research Center."
(Accessed June 11, 2020):
AHDRC.eu.
Record No.: 0106092.
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- "The St. Louis Art Museum Collection." St. Louis Art Museum: Collection. (Accessed July 1, 2020): St. Louis Art Museum, https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/?show_on_view=true&featured_objects=false. Accession No.: 188.2003.
- "Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Online Collections." (Accessed July 1, 2020): collections.mfa.org. Accession No.: 1996.388.
- Moyo Okediji, "Art of the Yoruba ." Art Institute of Chicago - Museum Studies 23, no. 2 (1997): 164-181, 198.
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