Royal Trousers

Arts of Africa

Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba
Odo-Ona Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Owned by Oba (King) Dele Adeshina of Odo-Ona Ilorin
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Yoruba
Title: Royal Trousers
Place: Nigeria (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1975
Medium: Glass beads, cloth, and string
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Cynthia and Terry E. Perucca; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 2009.579

Oba Dele Adeshina, Odo-Ona Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, until 2009; sold to Garuba (Garaba) Konte, Albuquerque, N.M., 2009 [sales invoice from the palace of Odo-Ona of Ilorin dated April 7, 2009; import documentation dated March 10, 2019; customs permit dated March 15, 2009 in curatorial file]; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2009; sold to the Art Institute, 2009.

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