Beaded Crown (adé)
Artist
Yorùbá artist
Date20th century
MediumGlass beads, cloth, and thread basketry
DimensionsH. 18 1/2 x Diam. 9 in. (47 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object numberG.77.2.10
On View
Not on viewLiving in Our World: Africa, Asia, and Pacific Realm (textbook) (Raleigh: North Carolina State University, 1998), illus. (color) 70.
Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Beaded Crown, in North Carolina Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1999), 57, illus. (color).
Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Beaded Crown (Adé), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 118, illus. (color) 119.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” December 14, 1978-January 28, 1979.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, “Yoruba Art: A Living Tradition,” October 23, 1993-June 12, 1994.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Reflections on Light: Works from the NCMA Collection,” September 9, 2020–August 15, 2021. Object Rights Statement
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