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  date:
  
  label:Date
  content:Early 20th century


  name:
  
  label:Maker
  content:Yoruba artist


  notes:
   
   label:Label Text
   content:This particular crown was once owned by the Yoruba ruler or Ogoga of Ikere. A beaded crown with veil is the defining symbol of divine kingship among the Yoruba and holds the combined powers of the living king and the ancestors. The veil protects the king's subjects from his radiant power.The crown's material, form, pattern and color all proclaim the king's sacred power and authority. The frontal face represents Oduduwa, the divine founder and first king of Ile-Ife, the sacred first city of the Yoruba. The birds refer to dangerous spiritual powers and the king's ability to control them. Originally this crown had at least three additional birds. The chameleon, which in the creation myths of the Yoruba is said to have preceded man to the newly formed earth, symbolizes change and is all seeing.

   
   label:Label Text
   content:Highly unusual and hard to define are the large, three-dimensional human figures.This may be a feature specific to the royal beadwork artists of Ikere. Another crown that was part of the regalia of the Ogoga of Ikere (and now in the Brooklyn Museum of Art), also has large three dimensional human figures. However, the style of the beadwork patterns and facial features is quite different between the crowns.

   
   label:Description
   content:Stem on cone beaded crown with a panel veil with a bird attached to the top of tge stem with iron legs on top of two chameleons. Another bird is on front with the beak touching the stem. Male and female figures flank the frontal face design over the face veil. Male and female figures are kneeling and one male figure stands at the back. Beads are on the face veil and flaps in lattice and lozenge patterns, and similar designs are on the cap and stem. The flaps are lined with red material. The beads are turquoise, blue, red, yellow, green and black.

   
   label:Provenance
   content:Paul and Ruth Tishman, New York, by 1980 to 1983

   
   label:Exhibition History
   content:Pavilion: A New Look, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 9, 2019–ongoing

   
   label:Exhibition History
   content:The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection Highlights, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009-June 4, 2014

   
   label:Exhibition History
   content:African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., February 15, 2007-March 31, 2009

   
   label:Exhibition History
   content:First Look: The Walt Disney-Tishman Collection of African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 17-December 3, 2006

   
   label:Exhibition History
   content:For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1981

   
   label:Published References
   content:Dubin, Lois Sherr. 1987. The History of Beads from 30,000 B.C. to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, p. 142, no. 137.

   
   label:Published References
   content:Fagg, William. 1980. Yoruba Beadwork: Art of Nigeria. New York: Pace Editions, p. 6, no. 1.

   
   label:Published References
   content:Kreamer, Christine Mullen. 2006. "African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection." Tribal Arts 43, p. 91, no. 20.

   
   label:Published References
   content:Kreamer, Christine Mullen, Bryna Freyer and Andrea Nicolls. 2007. African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, pp. xii-xiii, 200-201, no. 69.

   
   label:Published References
   content:Nigeria Magazine. 1965. Nigeria Magazine 84, p. 22.

   
   label:Published References
   content:Vogel, Susan (ed). 1981. For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 101-102, no. 53.


   place:
   
   label:Geography
   content:Ikere, Ekiti State, Nigeria


   title:
   
   label:Object Name
   content:<I>ade</I>


   topic:
    
    label:Topic
    content:bird

    
    label:Topic
    content:Leadership

    
    label:Topic
    content:chameleon

    
    label:Topic
    content:geometric motif

    
    label:Topic
    content:male

    
    label:Topic
    content:female

    
    label:Topic
    content:couple


    setName:
    
    label:See more items in
    content:National Museum of African Art Collection

    
    label:Exhibition
    content:Pavilion: A New Look

    
    label:On View
    content:NMAfA, Pavilion Gallery


    creditLine:
    
    label:Credit Line
    content:Gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company


    dataSource:
    
    label:Data Source
    content:National Museum of African Art


    identifier:
    
    label:Object number
    content:2005-6-72


    objectType:
    
    label:Type
    content:Textile and Fiber Arts


    objectRights:
    
    label:Restrictions & Rights
    content:Usage conditions apply


    physicalDescription:
    
    label:Medium
    content:Glass beads, cloth, iron, plant fiber

    
    label:Dimensions
    content:H x W x D: 81.3 x 26.7 x 30.5cm (32 x 10 1/2 x 12 in.)



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   date:
   1920s
   1900s

   name:
   Yoruba artist

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   Ekiti State
   Nigeria

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   Leadership
   Animals
   Men
   Couple
   Birds
   Geometric motif

   exhibition:
   
   room:Pavilion Gallery
   building:NMAfA
   exhibitionTitle:Pavilion: A New Look


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   content:Africa

   L2:
   type:Country
   content:Nigeria



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