Divination bowl "agere ifa" with horned snake, before 1920 · Nigeria / Republic of Benin, Yoruba-Anago · ID: 3047477

Name: Divination bowl "agere ifa" with horned snake, before 1920
SKU: 3047477
Price: 500 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 500

Provenance

French Collection

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, pigments,
“Agere ifa” bowls were used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts used in divination rituals.

The horned snake is probably a representation of “Aydo Hwedo”, the rainbow serpent, which plays an important role in the creation myth of the Fon in Benin (formerly the Kingdom of Dahomey).

The object Divination bowl “agere ifa” with horned snake, before 1920 with the object ID 3047477 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 210 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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