Palace Door (ilekun)

Artist Olówè of Isè Nigerian, circa 1875–circa 1938, Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè

Dateearly 20th century

MediumIroko wood and traces of pigment

Dimensions76 x 42 x 2 in. (193 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsWood

Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD

Object number2020.12

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ProvenanceCreated Africa early 20th century. Ise chief; [art market, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1995 and 1999] [1]; [Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC]; Dr. Rhonda M. Wilkerson, Raleigh, NC, 2002; given to NCMA, 2020.

[1] Documented by Dr. Roslyn A. Walker, Ise Nigeria, 1995.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.

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