Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3036190
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Provenance
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, GermanySize
H: 12 cm
H: 4.7 inch
Description
light brown wood, dark brown patina, three struts carved in the shape of catfish, rising from a circular base, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion;
such bowls served for keeping palm nuts, used for the “ifa” oracle.
The object Oracle bowl “agere ifa” with the object ID 3036190 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 505.
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Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 71