Ritual object · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038665
sold
EUR 400
Size
H: 22 cm
B: 19 cm
H: 8.7 inch
B: 7.5 inch
Description
brass, openwork design, decorated with four stylized figures, arranged vice versa, fine concentrical circle ornaments inbetween, flat rims with eyelets running around, the original attached bells now missing, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of corrosion;
displayed on family altars, serving as ring-shaped support for calabashs.
Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 133