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Divination bowl carved with leopard and female figures

Made:
1851-1920 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid
Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid

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Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Light wooden polychrome divination bowl with hinged lid surmounted by leopard with serpents head in jaws, bowl supported by 6 caryatid figures and equestrian figure forms central support, Yoruba, West African, 1851-1920

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Divination bowl

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301226
Materials:
wood, lightweight
type:
divination bowls
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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