"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
Shipping quoted separately.
