Importance Of Yoruba

Ade of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu Yoruba, is one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria. It is concentrate in the southwestern part of Nigeria, but there are smaller, scattered groups of people living in parts of Benin and northern Togo. Currently, there are more than 20 million Yoruba people, but overall they speak a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. There are 900 languages of the Benue-Congo Branch that are further divided up into 11 unequal groups, but the first 10 of the 11 groups ar spoken almost entirely within Nigeria. Yoruba falls under the Defoid language cluster, with the largest amount of mother-tongue speakers. This may be surprising considering that Swahili has a greater total number

Blue bears are one of the main colors within the decorative scheme of the crown. Blue beads are not only rare and expensive, but are associated with coolness and darkness, referencing both temperature and character. A cool disposition is highly valued among the Yoruba is associated with certain incarnations of divinity. The interlacing patterns that are created by the color beads symbolizes the chain of divine ancestors of the continuity of life. The round faces on the exterior of the crown are explained to be the faces of previous royal ancestors, including Odùduwà, the legendary founder of the Yoruba kingdom. These features are also what form a face to the king, whose personal features are concealed by the beaded veil of the crown. The veil is there to divert attention to the office of the Oba, rather than him as an individual, and to protect any onlookers from the supernatural powers that are radiating from the

African Innovations is described by the museum as a “highly selective assortment of works from the Brooklyn Museum’s extensive collection of African art, includes objects of transcendent beauty and sophistication.” Although the phrase “African art” suggests a continent wide form of visual expression that is both unitary and timeless, the museum took effort to reflect the diversity of Africa’s expansive empires, localized kingdoms, city-states, and autonomous villages, by using a stylistic range. For the first time, the Museum arranged their African gallery chronologically to emphasize the continent’s “long record of creativity, adaptation, and artistic achievement.” This museum was also the first in America to display African objects as works of art and has since been one of the largest and most important collections in the country. However, with these wonderful achievements, there was still one fault with the artwork. This specific crown has some damages to it. In the top of the cone, crown area there is visible damage to the beads. The veil flap specifically is missing beads where it is supposed to join the crown. This is implying that the crown was sold from its original community, most likely away from it’s original purpose. The crown has such a strong spiritual tie that it is hard to believe that it was carelessly given to anyone. Since it holds such high divine power