Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033193
sold
EUR 450
Size
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, stand in form of a chicken and a snake biting each other, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the motif of bird and snake symbolizes the confrontation between obvious danger (snake) and insidiousness.
The object Oracle bowl “agere ifa” with the object ID 3033193 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 316 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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