Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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Divination board

Maker Hausa Artist

Datelate 20th- early 21st century

Made/manufacturedNigeria, Africa

MediumWood, pigmented ink

Dimensions23 3/4 × 21 1/4 × 1/2 in. (60.3 × 54 × 1.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum puchase with funds from Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund

Object number2015.51.1

Collections

AFRICAN

DescriptionWooden board with handle, surface painted on both sides with amuletic images: off-white, green, violet, red, black. Side 1)A row of colored diagonal blocks on the top, with a central circle with Arabic inscriptions, and a scalloped pattern on the bottom. Side 2) an abstraction of a reptilian creature with a grid design on its back, inscriptions in each square, and surrounded by other marks.