Beadwork ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3041564

Description

wood, fabric, cord, polychrome miniature glass beads (predominantly in pink), thread on strings and sewn on fabric, forming ornaments, separately worked bird attached, mounted on wooden board with its backside covered in cloth, ribbon for suspension, slightly dam., wooden plate broken and marked by small traces of insect caused damage, tears and missing parts in the fabric on the backside, traces of old age, beadwork itself in very good condition;
either a ritual dance panel “yata”, worn by a priest of “ifa” on festival occasions or employed as a hanging in an “ifa"shrine “agbo ifa ati orisa”.

The object Beadwork with the object ID 3041564 was part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction on March 4, 2017. The object with the lot number 303 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.

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