Yoruba Divination Sculpture: Woman with Chicken, 20th Century

Yoruba, Nigeria, Divination sculpture, early 20th century,…
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Yoruba, Nigeria, Divination sculpture, early 20th century, lidded wooden vessel carved with intricate designs in the form of a woman holding a chicken, 65 cm height. Provenance: Collected by Donald Friend in Nigeria, 1938?39. Related works: bowl', Yoruba, Nigeria, acquired 1960, accession number 90.2/ 3331 Ab, collection of the American Museum of natural History, New York. Other Notes: These bowls are used to hold kola nuts as offerings of hospitality or as receptacles for the sixteen sacred palm nuts used in divination

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