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Yorùbá

Ifa Divination Instrument (Olori Iki) or Wooden Doll (Omo Langidi)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

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Yorùbá

Ifa Divination Instrument (Olori Iki) or Wooden Doll (Omo Langidi)

Yoruba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Beads?, 6 1/16 x 2 1/8 in. (15.4 x 5.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.37
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3 & 5.

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2000–2000

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