Bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch
Description
brass with patina, conical corpus, decorated with a human face, elaborate decorations and facial scarification marks, crown-like headgear, clapper missing, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get in contact with the ancestors.