4.30” x 4.27” x 11.5”
109.27 mm x 108.39 mm x 292.00 mm
West African Yorùbá bottle for òrìṣà-related libations and elixirs. Note the bird on the stopper. The extensive beading suggests that it belonged to a high-status priest. Its colors of these imported glass beads invoke a range of gods, including Yemọja (blue and white) and Ṣàngó (red and white).
Contact
Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic Project, Duke University
Box 90091
Durham, NC 27708
Email
jm217@duke.edu