Divination Priest's Stole

1995.17.0006

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Divination Priest's Stole   (1995.17.0006)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Personal Symbols
  4. :
  5. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date Mid 20th century
Culture Yoruba
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 116.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 14.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.2 cm
Weight 612 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Textile--Cotton, Plant--Fiber, Plant--Cotton, Animal--Shell, Glass
Manufacturing Processes Sewing, Stringing, Stuffing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

See Drewal, Henry John and John Mason, Beads Body and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe. (Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum, 1998), p. 19 for image of priest wearing the pair of stoles.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Purchase
Reproduction no

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