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Yorùbá

Divination Tapper (Iroke ifa)

Yoruba, 1900-1966

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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.

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2000–2000

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