Oracle bowl "ifa" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033467

Description

wood, brown patina, pigment remains, a she-dog with two suckling puppies as caryatides, min. dam., minor missing parts, fissures, slight traces of abrasion

The object Oracle bowl “ifa” with the object ID 3033467 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 317 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 80 f.