Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037699
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Size
H: 12 cm
H: 4.7 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, remains of pigments, three struts carved in the shape of catfish, rising from a circular base, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, crack, slight traces of abrasion
The object Oracle bowl “agere ifa” with the object ID 3037699 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 366.
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Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 71