Large figurally carved board ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038831

Description

wood, brown patina, encrusted black paint, red pigment, the raised rim richly decorated with carved figures in bas-relief (mother figures, equestrian, standing males holding offerings in each hand), painted backside, fragmentary, just one half of the original board preserved, abrasion of paint, stained, traces of insect caused damage, rep. (wooden strip inserted);
reminding of the “opon ifa” oracle boards, but unsual large in size.

The object Large figurally carved board with the object ID 3038831 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 367.

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