Bell "omo" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3034421
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Description
brass with patina, four-sided, decorated with anthropomorphic facial features, loop-like handle, complete with clapper, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get in contact with the ancestors.