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Description: | Marked E1987.12/2 CULT Yoruba Nigeria West Africa This ivory carved head has a stylised, anthropomorphic face with protruding eyes and lips and carved hair. These Ikan Ifa were used by the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria in divination rituals. NFA assisted purchase | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HEAD : NFA : ARTHIST : WEST AFRICA : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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