Divination object · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3036579
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Provenance
Hartmut Kraft, Cologne, GermanySize
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, remains of pigments, in form of a tooth, a stylized human face framed by rectangular elements carved in half relief, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Divination object with the object ID 3036579 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 453.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Chike, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 74, ill. 129