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.
The object Bell “omo” with the object ID 3034421 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 381 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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