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Ifá Divination Tapper, Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists, Ivory, Edo peoples
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
19th century
Ifa Divination Tapper (Iroke Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, camwood bark, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ifa Divination Tray (Opon Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ifa Divination Vessel (Agere Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ifa Divination Tray (Opon Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, pigment, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Divination Bone, Bone, pigment, Toba Batak people
Toba Batak people
late 19th–early 20th century
Divination Vessel, Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists, Brass, Edo peoples
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
18th–19th century
Divination Instrument (Galukoji), Wood, bamboo, feathers, fiber, beads, abrus seeds, camwood powder, Pende peoples
Pende peoples
20th century
Mouse Divination Vessel, Baule artist  Baoulé, Ceramic, cloth, fiber, sacrificial materials, Baule peoples
Baule artist
19th–20th century
Divination Figure (Hamba), Wood, snakeskin, cloth, fiber, glass, abrus seeds, mirror, metal, wire, resin, clay, Chokwe or Lwena (?)
Chokwe or Lwena (?)
19th–20th century
Divination Basket (Kitumba-Ngombo), Rattan, mud, wood, beads, metals, feathers, Holo peoples
Holo peoples
19th–20th century
Ifa Divination Tray (Opon Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ifa Divination Tray (Opon Ifa), Yoruba artist, Wood, pigment, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Ifa Divination Tray (Opon Ifa), Yoruba artist, Brass, Yoruba peoples
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century
Divination Basket (Ngombo Ya Cisuka), Fiber, wood, iron, plant and animal matter, Chokwe peoples
Chokwe peoples
20th century
Statuette of a female, Ceramic, Iran
Iran
ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Twin figure yawiige (ornamental amulet), Senufo or Tussian artist, Brass, Senufo or Tussian peoples
Senufo or Tussian artist
19th–mid-20th century
Ivory decorative plaque, Ivory, Greek
Greek
2nd half of 7th century BCE
Terracotta phiale (libation bowl), Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Calenian
Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Calenian
late 3rd–early 2nd century BCE
Terracotta phiale (libation bowl), Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Calenian
Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Calenian
3rd century BCE
Pair of Diviner's Figures, Baule artist  Baoulé, Wood, pigment, beads, iron, Baule peoples
Baule artist
19th–mid-20th century
Chameleon yawiige (ornamental amulet), Senufo blacksmith, Brass, Senufo
Senufo blacksmith
19th–late 20th century
Standing Parvati, Copper alloy, Indian (Tamil Nadu)
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. first quarter 10th century
'Otua fefine (deity figure), Ha'apai Islands artist, Whale ivory, Ha'apai Islands
Ha'apai Islands artist
Early 19th century
Nkoko Ngombo, Wood, Yaka people
Yaka people
20th century
Paris, Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)  Italian, Bronze, partially fire-gilt, silver inlay, Italian, Mantua
Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
ca. 1518–1524
Lawle (gong tapper) with equestrian figure, Baule artist  Baoulé, Wood, cotton, Baule peoples
Baule artist
19th–mid-20th century
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Persephone Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to the Persephone Painter
ca. 440 BCE
Shiva, Sandstone, Vietnam or Southern Cambodia
Vietnam or Southern Cambodia
mid- 7th century
Shrine of the Virgin, Oak, linen covering, polychromy, gilding, gesso, German
German
ca. 1300
Terracotta bull, Terracotta, Helladic, Mycenaean
Helladic, Mycenaean
ca. 1400–1300 BCE

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