Idiophone/Staff (ahianmwẹn-ọrọ)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.5
Courtiers, priests, and senior chiefs strike instruments like this during the Ugie Ọrọ festival. The long-legged metal bird refers to the 16th-century ruler Ọba Ẹsigie. Wings outstretched with long, textured feathers, it is the ahianmwẹn-ọrọ (bird of prophecy). It stares outwa...
Sculpture
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id
117894
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contentType
sculpture
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citation
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en
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wikidata
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"Q60741605"
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source
import
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accession
1938.5
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Source image fields (4)
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Terms
Culture
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
Technique
Copper alloy
Medium
Copper alloy
Genre
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Relations
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