Covered Vessel (awo otu Erinle)

Yoruba people, Western Nigeria, African

20th century

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Abraham sacrificing a ram on a rock is approached by a winged figure. A blindfolded boy stands in the background. In the Quranic tradition, the boy is identified as Ishmael (in the Judeo-Christian narrative, the boy is identified as Isaac).
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