Ifa Divination Vessel: Female Caryatid (Agere Ifa)
Object type: Vessel
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Yoruba peoples, Owo group
Date: 17th–19th century
Medium: Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 × W. 4 1/2 × D. 4 5/8 in. (16.5 × 11.4 × 11.7 cm)
Classification: Bone/Ivory-Containers
Geography:     Nigeria  
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991
Accession year: 1991
Tags: Caryatids|Women