Art Institute of Chicago
Tapper (Iroke Ifa)
YorubaLinkedCulture matchlcp-ab084a042215
- Date
- 17th or 18th century
- Medium
- Ivory
- Culture
- Nigeria
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 155958
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
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.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection
- Provenance
- William Wright, William Wright Gallery, New York, N.Y., by 1984 [this and the following according to object inventory card of R. Faletti, copy in curatorial file; personal communication from R. Faletti dated July 26, 2000]; sold to Richard J. Faletti (died 2006), Faletti Family Collection, Phoenix, Az., June 3, 1984 [invoice from William Wright Gallery dated June 3, 1984 in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 2000.
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- Object type
- AAT300312158
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