Bell "omo" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3043664
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
French Private CollectionSize
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
brass, with clapper, patina, min. dam.
Such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get into contact with the ancestors. In pre-colonial times the “ogboni” society had not only religious, but political and jurisdictional functions as well. With the founding of the “Reformed Ogboni Fraternity " in 1914 the old rites of the “ogboni” society lost their meaning.
The object Bell “omo” with the object ID 3043664 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 339 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100.
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AHDRC: 0150565