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

Tray for Ifá Divination (opon Ifá)

After Olowe of Ise (Nigerian, c. 1875 - c. 1938)

Dateafter 1938

Made/manufacturedNigeria

MediumWood, traces of pigment

Dimensions14 1/2 × 14 3/8 × 3/4 in. (36.8 × 36.5 × 1.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineMuseum Purchase in Honor of Dr. Robin Poynor with funds from Susan Cooksey, Rebecca Nagy, Florence Babb and Victoria Rovine, Eric Segal and Melissa Hyde, and Amanda B. Carlson, with additional funds provided by The Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Endowment

Object number2016.7

Collections

AFRICAN

Descriptionround disk with relief carving on slightly raised perimeter. A hollow circle carved in the back. 16 carvings consist of 4 faces at cardinal points, with figures between them that are flanked by concentric circles. Traces of white pigment and patina visible on carved edge; powdered substance on top.