Bell "omo" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033985
sold
EUR 1,700
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1973)German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
brass, pyramidal, three sides show mask-like faces, the fourth side a zoomorphic head (frog?), two clappers affixed by cord, traces of corrosion;
such bells should commemorate of the ancestors and were probably placed on family altars.
Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 141