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Summary
Mother-and-Child Caryatid Vessel
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| Title |
Mother-and-Child Caryatid Vessel |
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| Description |
The mother figure of this vessel from the Southern Ekiti region represents a devotee who kneels before the gods. The vessel once held the 16 sacred palm nuts essential to divination rituals. The object was used by a priest as a medium through which to communicate with the god of fate, Orunmila, in order to gain insight into an individual’s destiny or to understand the cause of misfortune. |
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| Date | 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 31.7 x 15.7 x 15.9 cm (12 1/2 x 6 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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| Accession number |
1994.2 |
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| Place of creation | Guinea Coast, Nigeria, Yoruba, mid-late 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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| current | 15:10, 21 January 2019 | | 2,232 × 3,400 (3.76 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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