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Workshop of Duga of Meko, Yorùbá, and others

Ifa Divination Bowl (Agere Ifa)

Yoruba, Ketu region, 1933

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Ifa Divination Bowl (Agere Ifa)

Yoruba, Ketu region, 1933

Physical Qualities Wood, paint, pigment, 7 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (18.8 x 19 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Russell L. Wade, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1999.748
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; purchased from Jeffrey Hamer, New York
"New on View,", June 19, 2002-Oct 6, 2002, BMA.

African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.106, ill.
BMAToday, Fall 2008 - p. 11

Artist

Workshop of Duga of Meko

1879–1959

active c. 1880-1960
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Culture group

Ketu

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