Unidentified
Head of the Home (ile ori)
Click thumbnails to enlarge
Category
Culture
Yoruba Peoples
Place Made
Nigeria
Materials
Leather, cowrie shells, cloth
Measurements
7 x 6 7/8 x 6 3/4 in (17.78 x 17.4625 x 17.145 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Rene and Stevie Bravmann
Accession #
2002.369.a,.b
Description
Leather container, elaborately adorned with vertical stripes of cloth and strings of cowrie shells. Predominantly red and yellow in color. Knob like handle attached to lid by short ropes of knotted cloth.