Detail View: The AMICA Library: Sacred Crown
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1995.22
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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Nigerian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
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Title:
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Sacred Crown
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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early 1900s
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Creation Start Date:
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1900
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Creation End Date:
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1925
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Materials and Techniques:
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cloth, glass beads, basketry, cardboard, wood, feather quilts
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Classification Term:
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Costume
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Classification Term:
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Costume
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Style or Period:
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Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
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Dimensions:
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Diameter: 26.8cm, Overall: 105.9cm, Cone: 35.1cm, Fringe: 55.3cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1995.22
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Credit Line:
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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A cone-shaped crown with beaded veil is the most important element of royal regalia among the Yoruba. Reserved for ceremonial occasions, only rulers descended from the deity Oduduwa may wear them. To consecrate a sacred crown, magical herbal materials are packed inside the top of the cone. Four beadwork faces on the cone represent either royal ancestors, or Oduduwa himself. Atop the crown is an okin, recognized by the Yoruba as the king of the birds.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1995.22.tif
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