Ifa oracle tapper ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba · ID: 3033873

Description

wood, middle brown patina, traces of black paint, crowned by a kneeling woman holding her breasts, which is the most frequent subject depicted on “ifa” tappers, provided with remarkable fine and regular facial features and coiffure, slightly dam., minor missing parts in the surface structure, crack, beautiful used patina, on base

The object Ifa oracle tapper with the object ID 3033873 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 310 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Publications

Hans Witte, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland, 1984, p. 99, ill. 63