Udamalore and Èwu (Ceremonial Sword and Beaded Sheath)
Artist
Yorùbá artist
Dateearly 20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumGlass beads, cloth, and metal
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 16 x 20 x 3 in. (40.6 x 50.8 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD
Object number2024.22.4a-b
DescriptionFrom Scott Rodolitz's 2024 appraisal: The sword, with completely beaded hilt, pommel, and scabbard, the pommel half-circular with geometric patterning, the hilt and guard similarly made and fully beaded, the scabbard exceptionally and superbly beaded with geometric designs and animal imagery, three fully beaded flaps extending from the upper portion of the scabbard, one depicting a chameleon, another depicting a ram, and the third depicting an unusual quadruped, again all fully beaded, numerous strands of beads terminating in hawk-bells. Possibly one of the finest extant examples of the type.
On View
On view[1] After Roger de la Burde died in 1992, his estate was passed on to his three daughters. In 1994, his estate worked with Motley’s Auctions to sell some of de la Burde’s African art pieces. According to Charles Jones, owner of Charles Jones African Art, other pieces from de la Burde’s African art collection were put in storage. In 2007, he was contacted by Corinna M. Pugh, de la Burde’s daughter, who was looking to sell the African artworks in storage. Shortly after, Jones contacted Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson to buy the work from the de la Burde collection.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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2019; photo printed 2024
