Art Institute of Chicago
Headdress (Jagún Jagún)
YòrùbáLinkedCulture matchlcp-ab084a042215
- Date
- Mid– late 19th century
- Medium
- Wood, iron, nails, fiber, and sacrificial materials
- Culture
- Nigeria
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 155956
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This imposing sculptural headdress would have been worn in masquerades honoring Ogun, the Yoruba god of iron, warfare, and technology. It was also part of a shrine where offerings of yams were applied to its surface. Ogun is depicted as a warrior on horseback who carries a shield with four human heads, possibly slain enemies. The smaller figure playing a flute represents Eshu, the divine messenger and god of human destiny.
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- Credit line
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection
- Provenance
- Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, by 1969 [Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, 1969, cat. no. 16]; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, N.Y., April 21, 1990 “The Harry A. Franklin Family Collection of African Art,” sale 6001, lot 356, to Richard and Barbara Faletti, Chicago, Ill.; given to the Art Institute, 2000.
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- Object type
- AAT300209261
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