Mouse Oracle

Baule

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Caption

Baule. Mouse Oracle, late 19th–early 20th century. Terra-cotta, metal, beads, fiber, Divining Instrument: l: 3 in. (8.0 cm) w: 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art, 75.90.1a-c. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Baule

Title

Mouse Oracle

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Côte d'Ivoire

Medium

Terra-cotta, metal, beads, fiber

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

Divining Instrument: l: 3 in. (8.0 cm) w: 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm)

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection, Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art

Accession Number

75.90.1a-c

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