Tête d'oracle Ifa "olori(n) ifa" ou "ikin ifa" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3048771

Description

ivory, base

“Ifa” priests use sixteen sacred palm nuts for their divinations. Many of them have a seventeenth nut called “olori(n) ikin” (“chief of the palm nuts”). It is often replaced by such a small human head made of ivory (or bone).

Usually it is believed that the heads represent “eshu”, but they are more likely to allude to “orunmila”, the supreme deity of the “ifa” oracle.

L’objet Tête d’oracle Ifa “olori(n) ifa” ou “ikin ifa” avec l’ID d’objet 3048771 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 99e vente aux enchères dans 12 novembre 2022 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 278 a atteint un prix de vente de 750 €.

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Expertise

Expertise, Matthias Streckfuß, Berlin, 20 July 2022 (No 2139-07-2022)

Remarques

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.