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Oracle tapper "iroke ifa" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035962

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Provenance
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch

Description

ivory, shiny patina, carved with a kneeling woman, the bottom section is hollowed out to form a small bell originally provided with an iron clapper (two drilled holes for attachment), min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion


The object Oracle tapper “iroke ifa” with the object ID 3035962 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 345.

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