Lidded bowl (agere ifa)
A carved lidded bowl bearing a reclining figure. Bowl is supported by a leopard and four figures, two men and two women. The leopard is a symbol of power. Carved in the Porto Novo style. Collected before 1958.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 59/1958
- Collection Class
- Containers
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Material
- woodpigment
- Common Name
- lidded bowl (agere ifa)
- Simple Name
- bowl
- Production County
- SW Nigeria
- Production Country
- Nigeria
- Production Year High
- 1958
