Zemanek-Münster

Ifa oracle tapper

Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Dr. Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (1956)
Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch

Description

ivory, natural texture, carved with the mask face of “eshu”, decorating grooves, dark brown pigment rubbed into the deepenings, complete with clapper, collection label “Q33/229/12”, min. dam., cracks through age, minor missing parts, on base


Comparing literature

Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, p. 242 f.

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