Zemanek-Münster

Oracle bowl "agere ifa"

Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Provenance
Franz Fürutter, Trieste, Italy
Size
H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, small remains of black and red paint, in form of a double bowl (rare!), rising from a disc-shaped base, two accompanying figures, a smaller female one and a larger male, carved with jacket in european style, holding a beaded necklace in the left hand, slightly dam., minor missing parts, traces of insect caused damage (plate)


Comparing literature

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 196, ill. III/1.

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