Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1886.54: '?Divination bowl. Wooden Image. [Added to catalogue card in different handwriting:] Coloured, six figures supporting a covered dish.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Carved wooden container (agere ifa) made to store divination equipment. This object consists of a bowl with a painted lid supported by the head of a seated woman suckling a child. On the 4 corners of the base are 3 more children (2 girls and a boy) plus a seated dog(?). The whole is painted black, yellow, blue, red, white and brown.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Carved wooden container (agere ifa) made to store divination equipement, i.e. the 16 sacred palm nuts of Ifa, which are thus held aloft, appropriate to their dignity as counter of divine wisdom.
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Related Documents)
Accession Register for 1886.54: 'A coloured wooden image (six figures supporting a covered dish). Africa. Mrs T. McK. Hughes.'
Event Date 1886
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
Added to the catalogue card '(N.B. this may already have been accessioned and its Thomas no. not found). Probably Thomas Collection. Bagged.' 'Old label notes "Cost [?] G. I.J [writing unclear]". R.Hand 20/8/2001'
Event Date 30/5/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Agere Ifa. Carved wooden container for storing divination equipment. A bowl with a painted lid supported by the head of a seated woman breast feeding a child. On the 4 corners of the base are 3 more children (two girls and a boy) and a dog. Painted black, yellow, blue, red, white and brown.
Event Date 11/11/2020
Author: Louise Puckett

Conservation (Surface Clean)
CON.2022.5335 | Surface Clean
Event Date 17/5/2022
Author: Hana Bristow