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This is the rating and price for A Fine Yoruba Divination Tapper



Description : Yoruba, Nigeria, H: 11Probably from Ketu, the tapper in the form of a female devotee offering her breasts. Well carved in regional style with remains of the original polychrome pigments. Comments: Divination among the Yoruba is the domain of Ifa priests, known as Babalawo. The complex rite of Yoruba divination unifies the supplicant to the deity Orunmila, who knows all people
Price: 664.20 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 900 USD-1200 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 193
Title : A Fine Yoruba Divination Tapper
Size : H: 11
Provenance : - Zollman Collection, IND - Gelbard collection, NY
Literature : Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz, Pg. 19 Fig. 44
The Cobbs, auctioneer, Peterborough, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Sale date : 02 Nov 2013 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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