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THBAfrican Yoruba Wooden Ifa Divination Bowl, ca. 1920
Lot 175c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring classical antiquities, Asian, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. 1920 CE. A beautiful divination vessel (agere ifa), hand-carved from hard wood, used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts (ikin) traditionally used as a special element in the Yoruba divination ritual. Priests have traditionally used such vessels to communicate with Orunmila, the god of fate, in hopes of attaining insights to an individual's destiny. This agere ifa is supported by a finely-carved rooster atop an integral circular plinth painted in an emerald-green hue. The stylized rooster has some naturalistic details such as a slender beak, wide feet, and a large, feathered tail, and the fowl is covered in thick layers of natural indigo pigment. Two drooping panels bearing incised crosshatch motifs hang from either side of the bowl, and dense latticework and triangular details adorn the rim of the bowl. Size: 6.2" in Diameter x 6.5" H (15.7 cm x 16.5 cm).
Provenance: ex-private Southern California, USA collection; ex- Dr. Robert Berg, Professor of Art (retired), San Diego State University collection, purportedly ex-Christie's, 1970s
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#138116Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age and use, a few stable hairline fissures around base, rooster body, and bowl with a small staple securing the bowl, some fading to applied pigmentation and some finer carved details, and light roughness across most surfaces. Nice earthen deposits and pigmentation traces throughout. Old inventory label adhesive residue beneath base.Condition
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