Bowl, Agere Ifa with Zoomorphic Figure, Nigeria
Yoruba People
Early 20th century
Wood
7.25 x 5.75 x 6 in. / 18 x 14.5 x 15 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).
$1200
