Divination Board
81-2-7A
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 81-2-7A |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Yoruba |
| Provenience | Nigeria |
| Date Made | 19th–20th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | The divination board is of a flat oval piece of wood. On one side there is a slightly raised flat rim with decorative carving. The carving includes a human face at the top center and various bands of geometric designs. Some are zig-zag and some are criss-crosing and some are long parallel bands. The interior of the board is slightly convex and the bottom edge of the rim and part of the interior has a patch of a fibrous substance on it. The back of the board is flat and undecorated. |
| Length | 29.2 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Bruckman, 1981 |
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