Accession No
1886.54
Description
?Divination bowl. Wooden Image. Coloured, six figures supporting a covered dish."
Place
Africa; ?West Africa; ?Nigeria
Period
Source
Hughes, Mary Caroline (Mrs) [donor]; Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [?collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1886.54; MAA: AR 1886.54
Cultural Affliation
?Yoruba
Material
Wood; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Accession Register for 1886.54: 'A coloured wooden image (six figures supporting a covered dish). Africa. Mrs T. McK. Hughes.'
Event Date 1886
Author: Mark Elliott
Context (CMS Context)
(bio) Mrs Hughes
Event Date 1/6/2000
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Wooden Image.
NB. Note added to catalogue card in different handwriting reads: "Coloured, six figures supporting a covered dish."
Event Date 1/6/2000
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
The descriptions sounds like this may be a Yoruba agere ifa, or divination dish. Details of ?Yoruba and ?Nigeria added to fields. To be confirmed on sight of object
Event Date 28/8/2019
Author: rachel hand
FM:126457
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