Ifa oracle tapper
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Gerbrand Luttik, Soest, The NetherlandsSize
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
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