Ife Divination Bowl

Unidentified Yoruba maker

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20th century

Wood, metal, and pigment

Overall: 8 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 6 5/16 in. (22.3 × 18 × 16 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

990.53.27180

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

HIST 16, AAAS 12, Black America to the Civil War, Rashauna Chenault, Winter 2013

REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013

Exhibition History

African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.

Anthropology of Religion, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 48, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-May 2, 2004.

Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Anthropology 44, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29-December 18, 1994.

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin, about 1950; to Valerie Franklin (daughter), 1983; given to present collection, 1990.

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