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Ifa Divination Vessel: Mother and Child Caryatid (Agere Ifa)
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Wood pigment, Oyo-Yoruba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Pace Primitive 1988
Title: Ifa Divination Vessel: Mother and Child Caryatid (Agere Ifa)
Description:
Wood pigment, Oyo-Yoruba peoples.
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