Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035309
sold
EUR 120
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyGerman Private Collection, Hamburg
Size
H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, with two zoomorphical carved struts in shape of catfish, rising from a circular base, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Oracle bowl “agere ifa” with the object ID 3035309 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 271 achieved a sales price of EUR 120.
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Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 71