Oracle tapper "iroke ifa" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3036979

Description

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, in form of a kneeling female figur, the bottom section is hollowed out to form a small bell, provided with wooden clapper, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
tappers are used by the diviners to strike the Ifa tray with the pointed end in order to attract “orunmilas” attention at the beginning of the session. The broad end is often hollowed, forming a bell, with a small clapper inside, which is rattled during invocations.

The object Oracle tapper “iroke ifa” with the object ID 3036979 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 383.

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