Untitled

Sculpture

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.127

Description

Kneeling female, mounted on base Weber #61

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, bluing camwood

Context

This sculpture is a representation of the Yoruba god of thunder and lighting Sango. The double-ax blade motif is specific to Tango and represents a thunderbolt and also symbolizes his unpredictable power. The female figure is balancing this double-ax on her head and is kneeling. The kneeling of the woman is to represent the devotion to the god. This representation of the god is done in numerous variations.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Yoruba Nigeria, Africa Africa, Nigeria

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Yoruba (culture or style), Southern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African (general, continental cultures), ritual objects, ceremonial objects, object genres (object classifications), religious objects, personal shrines, visual works (works)

Hierarchy Name

Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Object Genres (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Objects Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

whole

Width

22.225 cm

Depth

10.16 cm

Length

92.71 cm

Exhibition

The Body and Art: African Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label

Untitled Unknown no date Kneeling female, mounted on base Weber #61