Divination bowl "agere ifa" with bird and snake · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3046919
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Size
H: 18 cm
D: 14 cm
H: 7.1 inch
D: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
The “agere ifa” divination bowl served as a receptacle for the sixteen sacred palm nuts (“ikin”). Through this medium, “ifa” priests communicated with the god of fate, “orunmila”, in order to obtain insights into an individual’s destiny.
The object Divination bowl “agere ifa” with bird and snake with the object ID 3046919 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 190.
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