Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035927

Name: Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
SKU: 3035927
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 18,5 cm

H: 7.3 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, round base, carved with an antelope, min. dam., crack at the base, slight traces of abrasion;
the divination bowls serve for keeping the 16 holy nuts (“ikin”), which are used for the questioning of the oracle. During the prophecy, the “babalawo” (priest) spreads the “opon ifa” with flour, throws the palm nuts on the board and generates the oracle from the lines drawn on the plate. The “ifa” oracle is used in whole Yoruba country and similar soothsaying systems are known all over West Africa.

The object Oracle bowl “agere ifa” with the object ID 3035927 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 343.

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