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Cloche en forme de tête "omo"

Nigéria, Yoruba, Ijebu

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
H: 11,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

copper alloy (bronze, brass), with clapper, traces of corrosion, missing part

These bells were owned by important Ijebu chiefs. They were worn on a sash draped diagonally across the torso.


Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Yoruba, Zürich 1991, p. 53