"Agere Ifa" Bowl with Two Figures

"Agere Ifa" Bowl with Two Figures

$1,400.00
  • Yoruba, Nigeria, Africa

  • Early 20th century

  • Wood

  • 7 x 7 x 6.25 in. / 18 x 18 x 16 cm

Agere Ifa bowls were used by Ifa priests during divination, which was carried out using sacred palm nuts manipulated on a tray that bore a portrait of Eshu on one side. The Ifa priests stored the sacred palm nuts in an Agere Ifa bowl (Kerchache, Art of Africa, 1993).

GVR archive ao-0102044-001

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