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Divination bowl "agere ifa" with fancy caryatid figures
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Lot 314
89th Tribal Art Auction

Divination bowl "agere ifa" with fancy caryatid figures

Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 800
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Size
H: 14,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch

Description

wood, brass,
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.

Publications

AHDRC: 0153726

Africa
Figures

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