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Necklace, 1900s (cloth, glass beads, cardboard, wood)

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CVL500212
Image title
Necklace, 1900s (cloth, glass beads, cardboard, wood)
Artist
Nigerian School (20th century) / Nigerian
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
cloth, glass beads, cardboard, wood
Dimensions
h:49.5 Bag - h:21.5 w:19.6 cms
Image description

The use of colorful glass beads adds luster to the divination session and underlines the high status diviners enjoy in Yoruba society. Like kings, diviners derive their authority from the otherworld, orun. A beaded necklace with two beaded pouches is an accessory carried by the itinerant Yoruba diviner. Substances sewn into the miniature bags protect the diviner and ensure his power.

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Photo © Cleveland Museum of Art / Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
20th century / guinea coast / object / african / necklace / africa / beads / jewellery / mixed media / textiles / nigeria / yoruba
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Largest available format 5982 × 5749 px 18 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 5982 × 5749 px 506 × 487 mm 17.8 MB
Medium 1024 × 984 px 87 × 83 mm 1.1 MB

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