Lidded bowl for "ifa" oracle implements · Nigeria, Yoruba, artist probably Ogundeji · ID: 3053112
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, lot 437
Dutch Private Collection
Description
wood, pigments,
Probably carved by one of the sons of Olumole of Iseyin, perhaps Ogundeji (comparable object see AHDRC 0105288).
This bowls served to store the utensils of the “Ifa” diviner (holy palm nuts “ikin”, “opele” divination chain, “iroke ifa” tapper, small bone figures “ikin ifa”).
The object Lidded bowl for “ifa” oracle implements with the object ID 3053112 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 327 at that time and is currently available for EUR 3,000 in Open sale.
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Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 92 f.
Publications
Witte, Hans, Symboliek van de aarde bij de Yoruba, In: University Microfilms Ann Arbor, 1982, 33 a & b; Witte, Hans, Images of Yoruba Water-Spirit, In: Effigies Dei, Essays on the History of Religions, Leiden et.al. 1987, 3 & 4, Witte, Hans, Fishes of the Earth, In: Visible Religion I, 1982, 11 & 12
AHDRC: 0105286