Palace Door (ilekun)
Artist
Olówè of Isè
(Nigerian, circa 1875–circa 1938, Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè)
Dateearly 20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumIroko wood and traces of pigment
Dimensions76 x 42 x 2 in. (193 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Dr. Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson
Object number2020.12
On View
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ProvenanceCreated Africa early 20th century. Ise chief; [art market, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1995 and 1999] [1]; [Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC]; Dr. Rhonda M. Wilkerson, Raleigh, NC, 2002; given to NCMA, 2020.
[1] Documented by Dr. Roslyn A. Walker, Ise Nigeria, 1995.
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