Represented on this elaborate vessel is a royal figure in a typical display of extraordinary power. The figure depicts Ooni Luwo curled around a vessel and supported by a round surface stool. The figure dones a crown with a a profusion of beaded necklaces, bracelets, toe rings, anklets and bow-like badge around the neck. She has multiple wrappers, tied with a sash around her. The top scepter in one of her delicately modeled hands bears a figure of a human head signifying Luwo’s monarchical power over life and death – a sort of absolute power over her subjects who may have been gagged. The bowl around which this virtuoso is curled is an example of bronze casting practiced by Ife artist associated with the Obalufon lineage in Ile-Ife. The vessel may have served as container for fluid extracted from snails and mixed with herbs. This tranquilizer (ero) compares well with amniotic fluid, Ero is still offered to deities such as Obatala and Oranfe among others. The tranquilizer is believed to soften the hearts of the deities. Vessels like this are found in almost all the temples in Ile- Ife.