Bell · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3033986
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Provenance
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany (1973)German Private Collection, Munich
Description
brass, dark patina, decorated with a human face, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, minor missing parts, on acrylic base;
such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get into contact with the ancestors.
Littérature comparée
Witte, Hans, Earth and the Ancestors: Ogboni Iconography, Amsterdam 1988, p. 157, ill. 73