adjella ifa adjelefa

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Rooster with snake

" 'adjella ifa' or abbreviated to 'Adjelefa'" Base of a bowl for the Ife service Form: A cockerel grabs a snake with its beak, which bites it in the right leg. On the bird's back is a stump from which the shell has broken off Colour: Grey-brown

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
Base with animal sculpture for cola nut bowl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 17 x 18 x 14 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 27087

Provenance and sources

where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
who
Yoruba

who
Frobenius, Leo - Collectors

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