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posted on 2025-05-22, 11:16 authored by Abidemi Babatunde Babalola
Collection of iron punsher used in perforating glass beads. Different sizes are used differently. They are called eesoro, which is where the family nick name came from

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Abidemi Babatunde Babalola

Title alt

irin perforator

Description alt

Gbigba irin titari ti a lo fun lilu akun, ototo ni nkan ti won man fi orisis se. Won pe won ni apeso idile won ti wa.

Cultural group

Yoruba

Participants

Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, Adisa Ogunfolakan, Omokolade Omigbule, Ayobami Samuel Diya

Country

Nigeria

Place

Ile-Ife, South west region

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Enclosure

Date of creation

2021-04-28

Unique ID

2019LG01-0136

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