Hen
https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.221
Materials used for ritual objects correspond with the status of their owner, or the person it was dedicated to. Men have cast brass roosters, while women have carved wooden hens like this. This egg-shaped bird is covered with patterns formed by parallel lines indicating the bi...
Sculpture
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id
147489
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contentType
sculpture
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| citation |
citation
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rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q79926648"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1973.221
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Source image fields (4)
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.221/1973.221_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.221/1973.221_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, member(s) of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
Technique
wood
Medium
wood
Genre
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Relations
belongs_to