Bell · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033986
not available anymore
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.
Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Earth and the Ancestors: Ogboni Iconography, Amsterdam 1988, p. 157, ill. 73