Object Number | 84-18-2A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Owo | Yoruba |
Provenience | Nigeria |
Section | African |
Materials | Ivory |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Head |
Description | Carved ivory head with conical hairdo and several neckrings. "Divination piece". Large bulging eyes with black insets. On a rounded base with carved herringbone and blunt triangular decoration. Traditional style. In a fitted box of red-orange fabric with one carved ivory festener. |
Height | 9.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Charles C. G. Chaplin, 1984 |
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