Lot: 104

Coupe oracle "agere ifa"

Nigéria, Yoruba, Awori, Ota, probablement atelier de Dadaolomo (d.1908)

Provenance Taille Adjugé
Galerie Schwarz-Weiss (Gerd Stoll), Essen, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, Lot 247
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
H: 23 cm Vendu

wood, colour pigments, rest.

These bowls were used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts "ikin", which were used by the priests "babalawo" in the "ifa" divination ritual to consult Orunmila, the god of wisdom.