Offer Cup Yoruba (Nigeria)
Yoruba · Nigeria
Reference: RCPT-12
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- Height
- 16 cm
- Material
- Wood
The Yoruba statues of cup bearers are related to divination, serving for a part of a cup of offerings and welcome cup to offer tail nuts…
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Full original description
The Yoruba statues of cup bearers are related to divination, serving for a part of a cup of offerings and welcome cup to offer tail nuts to the visitor as a sign of peace. On the other hand they are mediators with the world of spirits who are invited to remain in the cup, like a privileged crucible of the universe, in which ancestors can manifest themselves. Mediation with invisible forces is also exercised on a real level, as the cupbearer is the symbol of the sacred political power transferred to the king. In the divination sessions the fortune teller interprets the position of the tail nuts.
Cup of offerings used in the cult of ancestors and taambién to put in it kola nuts to offer visitors. Time skate.
Further technical information
- Width
- 25 cm
- Attributed period
- Years 60
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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