Divination Tray (Opon Ifa) | Yale University Art Gallery

late 19th century

On view, 1st floor, African Art

Medium: Wood, camwood, and chalk
Dimensions: 11 1/2 × 11 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (29.2 × 28.9 × 44.9 cm)
Credit Line: Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund
Accession Number: 1973.35
Geography: Nigeria
Culture: Yorùbá
Period: 19th century
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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Provenance

Purchased by Yale University Art Gallery from Dr. Bernard Gore, 1973

Bibliography

Alan Shestack, ed., Yale University Art Gallery Selections (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983).

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

trays

divination women

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