Bell "omo" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti · ID: 3035669
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Size
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch
Description
brass and iron with patina, band of fabric, four-sided, decorated with anthropomorphic facial features, loop-like handle, complete with clapper, min. dam., small missing parts, 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 3035669 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 347.
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