Ritual object "ofo" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3038656
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Size
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, polychrome paint, iron, circular staff with flattened endings, spade-shaped metal tongue, handle wrapped in metal wire and fabric, min. dam., cracks, missing parts, traces of abrasion, base
The object Ritual object “ofo” with the object ID 3038656 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 334.
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Comparing literature
Espenel, Alexandre & Rémi Houdart, Ofo Anam, Paris 2001, p. 16 f.