Ritual container in the shape of a leopard · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3050816
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great BritainSize
L: 36 cm
L: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, pigments, rest.
Presumably used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts of the Ifa priest. For a comparable object, see AHDRC 0124672.
The object Ritual container in the shape of a leopard with the object ID 3050816 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 213 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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