Yorùbá
Fan for the Goddess Oshun
Yoruba, 1866
Scroll
Yorùbá
Fan for the Goddess Oshun
Yoruba, 1866
Physical Qualities
Copper alloy, 34.2 H x 19.7 W x 0.5 D cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2000.232
in circular form with a flat, rectangular handle. Design on fan includes a quadruped with large circular torso, a diamond-shaped head with eyes, nose, mouth, and three vertical lines on each cheek, and a long, straight tail; with two arrow-shapes each projecting from the side of the torso. Designs on the handle include nested circles, parallel lines, cross-hatching containing circles, and radiating circles.
"Meditations on African Art: Light," Dec 17, 2006 - Apr 1, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.
"Art & Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Works." Booklet. Yale Center for British Arts, 2007: illus. pg. 48.
Barringer, Tim, et al. "Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds." New Haven and London: Yale Center for British Art in association with Yale University Press, 2007: cat. no. 188, illus. p. 485.
Inscribed: Label on back of fan has been removed by Conservation reading: ( '#675 -- EO-oo'). This label has been filed in Conservation.
