Altar support/ mortar "odu" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3032446

Description

heavy wood, blackish brown patina, originally painted with white dots, remains of indigo blue pigment, carved with a kneeling figure, carrying two bags “laba” of a priest on either side, accompanied by a snake whose winding motion reminds of “shango’s” thunder bolts, “shango’s” dog and the double-axe motif present as well, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, traces of weathering;
such reversed mortars “odu shango” served as base for wooden receptacles where the prehistoric stone axes “edun ara” were kept, which “orisha shango” used to throw against those who displeased him.

L’objet Altar support/ mortar “odu” avec l’ID d’objet 3032446 a fait partie de l’enchère 68th tribal art auction en 3 mars 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 400.

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Littérature comparée

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Yoruba, Zürich 1991, ill. 83