Nupe
Door Panels
Nupe, 1866
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Nupe
Door Panels
Nupe, 1866
Physical Qualities
Wood, iron, Right door: 60 1/4 x 22 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (153 x 57.5 x 7 cm.)
Left door: 59 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 2 3/4 in. (150.5 x 43 x 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Vivian L.C. Anderson, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
2001.417a-b
In two separate panels: Left, top to bottom: zigzag line; nested chevrons; two sandals separated by nested 'x' shape; Maltese cross flanked by two panels with handles on each side resembling Islamic writing boards (Upper left and lower right the same, upper right and lower left the same); short zigzag line and pistol; long zigzag line; two soles of sandals flanked by a vertical crocodile on left and an anthropomorphic figure on right, and a zoomorphic two-legged figure at bottom. Right, top to bottom: large zoomorphic figure with long upraised tail and two long ears flanked by a knife in sheath on left and a sickle shape or ceremonial blade on right; horizontal zigzag line; a Maltese cross flanked on left by a small knife in sheath and a long cutlass; one sole of a sandal; nested chevrons, and an unidentified pot-shaped figure flanked by a vertical zigzag line on the right. Metal latch on right door under top figure. Holes along the outside edge of each door would have been attached to a vertical stake serving as an axle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Vivian L.C. Anderson, Bethesda, MD; acquired in Lagos, Nigeria, c. 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View," June 18, 2002-Oct 6, 2002.
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.119, ill.
