House of the Head Shrine (Ile Ori)
Object type: Altar
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Yoruba peoples
Date: 19th–20th century
Medium: Shell, cotton, leather
Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 x Diam. 10 in. (35 x 25.4 cm)

Classification: Beads-Costumes
Geography:     Nigeria  
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of the William W. Brill Foundation, 1962
Accession year: 1978