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posted on 2025-05-22, 11:16 authored by Abidemi Babatunde Babalola
A piece of glass cake. It appears to have been formed with collection of different glass beads and cullet forming a mosaic. It is two sided, one of which is flat indicating it was sitting on a flat surface, and the other side curvy giving it a dome shape

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Abidemi Babatunde Babalola

Title alt

Ohun gilasi

Description alt

Eka gilasi. O dawipe a se pelu orisirisi akun ati

Cultural group

Yoruba

Participants

Adepate, Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, Omokolade Omigbule, Ayobami Samuel Diya

Country

Nigeria

Place

Ile-Ife, South west region

Cultural context/event

Resource collection

Location

Home

Date of creation

2021-04-28

Unique ID

2019LG01-0122