Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigéria, Yoruba
Vendu
450 €
Taille
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, stand in form of a chicken and a snake biting each other, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the motif of bird and snake symbolizes the confrontation between obvious danger (snake) and insidiousness.