Ifa oracle tapper · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033184
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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.