Ritual object "ofo" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3042847
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Provenance
American Private Collection, New YorkSize
H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, iron, round staff with split and flattened endings with inserted metal plate, fixed by iron rings, min. dam., cracks, traces of corrosion.
“Ofo” is a central element in the religious and spiritual life of the Igbo and is used in numerous rituals. It has many roles: as manifestation of the divine, as medium among man and divinity, man and ancestors and humans among each other.
The object Ritual object “ofo” with the object ID 3042847 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 298.
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Comparing literature
Espenel, Alexandre & Rémi Houdart, Ofo Anam, Paris 2001, p. 16 f.