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Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo, Size: H: 22,5 cm (H: 8.9 inch), ID: 3049103
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Lot 126
99th Auction

Oracle bowl "agere ifa" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo · ID: 3049103

sold EUR 450
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch

Description

wood, old place of repair

These bowls were used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts (“ikin”) used in divination rituals. When not in use the “agere ifa” was kept on an altar.

Publications

AHDRC: 0169574

Africa

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