Divination bowl (Agere Ifa)
Date19th century
Maker
Yoruba
Object number81.17.617
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 25, 27, reproduced pl. 32 (as "ifa" bowl).
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988.Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Diam.: 10 1/4 in.
MediumWood and pigment
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