Palace Door

Olówè of Isè Yoruba, African, ca. 1870 - 1938

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African: Fit for a King, Level 1, North Wing

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Palace Door

ca. 1920

Olówè of Isè

African

African

Yoruba

Wood

Installed: 74 × 56 7/16 × 10 1/4 inches (188 × 143.4 × 26 cm)

Furniture

African Art

Gift of Bethea and Irwin Green in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Department of African, Oceanic and New World Cultures

1997.80

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Olówè of Isè, Palace Door, ca. 1920, Wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bethea and Irwin Green in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Department of African, Oceanic and New World Cultures, 1997.80.

Palace Door
Palace Door