Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3036546
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Rolf Miehler, Munich, GermanyInge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, stand in form of two chicken holding a snake in their beaks, min. dam., small missing parts, 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 3036546 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 504 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 193, ill. III/1.1