Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908), Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3050861

Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908), Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3050861 - 2/7

Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908), Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3050861 - 3/7

Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908), Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3050861 - 4/7

Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908), Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3050861 - 5/7

Oracle bowl "agere ifa", Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908), Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3050861 - 6/7

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Lot 104

Oracle bowl "agere ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908) · ID: 3050861

sold EUR 450

Provenance

Galerie Schwarz-Weiss (Gerd Stoll), Essen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, Lot 247
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, rest.

These bowls were used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts “ikin”, which were used by the priests “babalawo” in the “ifa” divination ritual to consult Orunmila, the god of wisdom.

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