Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probably workshop of Dadaolomo (d.1908)
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiss (Gerd Stoll), Essen, GermanyZemanek-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.