Idiophone with an iyọ́bà
carvingWW-1700-162706
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991
Catalogue
- Year
- 1700
- Medium
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- H. 12 1/4 in. × W. 2 in. × D. 1 3/4 in. (31.1 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- carving
Artist
carving
Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.
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