Yorùbá
Divination Tapper (Iroke ifa)
Yoruba, 1900-1966
Scroll
Yorùbá
Divination Tapper (Iroke ifa)
Yoruba, 1900-1966
Physical Qualities
Wood, 22 x 2.8 x 3 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen J. Ludwig, Towson, Maryland
Object Number
2000.87
with an upright kneeling female figure with hands to abdomen, surmounted by a semi-conical form; one row of zigzag carved below the figure
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; purchased between 1968 and 1970 in Monrovia, from African traders by the donor, who was a Peace Corps volunteer at the time.
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3&5.
