Unknown African
Divination Tray

CultureYoruba peoples
Titles
  • Divination Tray
Date1850–1970
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (26.7 × 28.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1498
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 78 (on file).

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