Bell · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033986
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Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1973)German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
brass, dark patina, decorated with a human face, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, minor missing parts, on acrylic base;
such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get into contact with the ancestors.
The object Bell with the object ID 3033986 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 314.
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Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Earth and the Ancestors: Ogboni Iconography, Amsterdam 1988, p. 157, ill. 73