Yorùbá. <em>Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ogoga of Ikere 1890-1928</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Glass beads, cloth, basketry, 22 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (57.8 × 23.5 × 24 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 70.109.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.109.2_view1_PS2.jpg)

Yorùbá. Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ogoga of Ikere 1890-1928, late 19th or early 20th century. Glass beads, cloth, basketry, 22 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (57.8 × 23.5 × 24 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 70.109.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.109.2_view1_PS2.jpg)

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Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ogoga of Ikere 1890-1928

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Yorùbá

MEDIUM Glass beads, cloth, basketry

Place Made: Osun State, Nigeria

DATES late 19th or early 20th century

DIMENSIONS 22 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (57.8 × 23.5 × 24 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa

ACCESSION NUMBER 70.109.2

CREDIT LINE Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Conical basketry frame covered by a stiffened cloth base which is embroidered with glass beads: white, blue, green, pink, red-orange, ochre, and violet. Its relief decoration is also beaded. The top of the crown is surmounted by four abstract birds. The top tier of the headdress is decorated with two opposed frontal faces. The second and third tiers are each decorated with four frontal faces. The faces are spaced by panels containing geometric patterns. CONDITION: Good, but lacking flaps and two of the wooden bird beaks are missing.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Yorùbá. Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ogoga of Ikere 1890-1928, late 19th or early 20th century. Glass beads, cloth, basketry, 22 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (57.8 × 23.5 × 24 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 70.109.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 70.109.2_view1_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 70.109.2_view1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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