Oracle board "opon ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033249
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1979)
Size
D: 27 cm x 40 cm
D: 10.6 inch x 15.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of kaolin, oval form, the rim decorated in flat relief with the mask face of “eshu” in the centre, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
The object Oracle board “opon ifa” with the object ID 3033249 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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