Lidded Vessel, by Yoruba artist, 17th–18th century
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Lidded Vessel

Yoruba artist

17th–18th century

Medium
Ivory, wood or coconut-shell inlay
Classification
Bone/Ivory-Containers
Dimensions
H. 8 1/4 × W. 4 3/4 × D. 4 5/8 in. (21 × 12.1 × 11.7 cm)
Culture
Owo-Yoruba peoples
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, 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

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