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Description : wood, old collection number 178-395 and inscription Ifa Orakelbrett Ife Nigeria The ifa trays always show a mask face at the rim, associated with eshu, who is looked upon as messenger of the deities, and who could not be ignored when asking the oracle. The ifa figures, lateron used for soothsaying, were marked with wood flour iyerosun (produced by termites) spread on the tray. Continent: Africa
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About the lot N° 208
Title : Fine Carved Oracle Board Opon Ifa With Tapper Iroke Ifa
Size : D: 24,5/ 25,5 cm (board), L: 21 cm (tapper), D: 24,5/ 10,0 inch
Provenance : Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 149 After studying zoology, following World War II U. Klever became a journalist working in Hamburg from 1953-1963. He began collecting African art after meeting the dealer Boris Kegel-Konietzko. He is the author of the standard work Bruckmann's Handbuch der Afrikanischen Kunst, Munich, 1975.
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 90th Tribal Art Auction - Session I
Sale date : 17 Nov 2018 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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