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Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_front_bw.jpg)
Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_front_bw.jpg)
Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_front_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_front_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_side_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_side_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_side2_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_side2_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_back_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_back_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_front_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_front_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_back_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_back_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_side1_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_side1_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_side2_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_side2_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. <em>Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.245_print_threequarter_bw.jpg)

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Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Yorùbá
MEDIUM Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag)
  • Place Made: Efon Alaiye Region, Nigeria
    • DATES late 19th or early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    ACCESSION NUMBER 80.245
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Ann W. Walzer
    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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    CAPTION Yorùbá. Kneeling Female Figure Holding a Bowl (Agere Ifa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, applied materials, (metal & beads in bag), h: 11 3/3 in. (30.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ann W. Walzer, 80.245. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.245_front_bw.jpg)
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