Divination tray "opon ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina · ID: 3049113
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsSize
M: 39 cm x 26 cm
M: 15.4 inch x 10.2 inch
Description
wood,
Beautiful rectangular board decorated with mask face “eshus” and two mud fish. Interesting motif in the corners, probably representing thunderbolts for “shango”.
Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 54, pl. 29