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Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands: Carved Dish for Palm Nuts (Agere Ifa)

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Carved Dish for Palm Nuts (Agere Ifa)

Culture: Yoruba
Medium: Wood, paint
Place Made: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: H: 6 1/4 x Diam: 8 in. (H: 16.0 x Diam: 19.5 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.1519
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Overall, 22.1519_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Dish supported by four polychrome kneeling figures, two with shirts, two bare-chested. Decorated with triangular motif, disk shaped base.

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