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ID: 700008490
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008490
Record Type: Movable Work
Box (box (container); workshop of Oniyide Adugbologe (Nigerian sculptor, ca. 1875-...; late 19th-early 20th century; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 72-4-4)
Titles:
Box (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
box (container) [300045643] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)
African art

Creation Date: late 19th-early 20th century

Creator Display:
workshop of Oniyide Adugbologe (Nigerian sculptor, ca. 1875-1949) [preferred,VP]
artist Adugbologe, Oniyide (Nigerian sculptor, ca. 1875-1949) Qualifier: workshop of [500356931]
Locations:
Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 72-4-4
Credit Line: Gift of Lawrence Gussman
Creation: Abeokuta [1091827] Ogun state (state), Nigeria (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Wood, paint, mirror, metal
paint (coating) [300015029]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)
mirrors [300037682]
.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>)
metal [300010900]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)
wood (plant material) [300011914]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

Dimensions: 68.3 x 57.2 x 39.6 cm (26 7/8 x 22 1/2 x 15 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
Nigerian (preferred)
Yoruba

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Ogboni (Yoruba society and culture) [300400888] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, African (general| continental cultures), <African by cultural or regional designation>, West African (general), Southern Nigerian styles, Yoruba (culture or style))

General Subject:
allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
symbols [300055878]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>) (AAT)
bird (motif) [300375751]
.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, <figure- and animal-derived motifs>) (AAT)
staff (walking stick) [300221444]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by context>, personal equipment, walking sticks) (AAT)

Provenance: Lawrence Gussman, New York, after 1956 to 1972
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Box........ [VP]
........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 11 May 2015
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 11 May 2015
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