Ogboni Society Rattle
Artist
Yorùbá artist
Date19th century or earlier
Associated withAfrica
MediumBronze
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 15 × 5 × 2 1/2 in. (38.1 × 12.7 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD
Object number11.2022/4
DescriptionFrom Scott Rodolitz's 2024 appraisal: The large bronze rattle, magnificently cast with Janus faces at the finial, the apex of the heads with inverted chevron, surrounding the heads multiple small attachment-loops with six remaining attached danglers; The faces with raised scarification and indications of coiffure, the eyes almond-shaped and raised on a flat facial plane above a thin, descending nose with flaring nostrils and small lips. The handle with two registers of elaborately cast zig zagging patterns over the terminus in the form of a rounded hollow ball as the sounding bell. Exceptional patina of age, use, and wear.
On View
On viewExhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," December 9, 2024-present.
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