# Tapper (Iroke Ifa)

- By: Yoruba (Owo region, Nigeria; Coastal West Africa)
- Date: 17th or 18th century
- Medium: Ivory
- Classification: Religious/Ritual Object
- Dimensions: 47 × 5.1 × 7.7 cm (18 1/2 × 2 × 3 in.)
- Culture: Nigeria
- Credit line: Gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/155958)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1c68e963-f627-4e14-6bec-64b7d53fa3a8/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A Yoruba diviner strikes a tapper against his tray to call the deity of fate, Orunmila, to the proceedings. The middle section of this ivory tapper depicts a kneeling hunter who clutches a bow and arrow in his right hand and a large crocodile in his left.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0