Deux récipients rituels anthropomorphes · Nigéria, Igbo/Izzi · ID: 3043901
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, GermanyDescription
terracotta,
These ritual bowls were used by the Izzi in agricultural ceremonies especially related to yams cultivation. The first time that an object of this typology became known, it was erroneously classified as Tiv.
Littérature comparée
Bartolomucci, Adolfo, Dalla terra fino all arte, Milano 2009, p. 133