Diviner's Bag (Apo Ifa)

1900s

Medium: Leather, glass beads, and natural fiber
Classification: Textile
Dimensions: Overall: 29.3 x 27.2 cm (11 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Culture: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art, African Art
Credit line: Gift of Drs. James and Gladys Strain
Rights: Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

About this work

While used in the western part of Africa, the beads on this bag were imported from Europe.

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