Diviner's necklace with two pouches "apon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Size
L: 70 cm (necklace)
H: 16 cm (pouches)
L: 27.6 inch (necklace)
H: 6.3 inch (pouches)
Description
cloth, glass beads, thread, wood,
Such long necklaces with two beaded pouches suspended from sixteen sections of beaded strands are restricted to the “ifa” priest, called “babalawo” (“father of the secrets”). In the bags he carries his divining chain “opele ifa” and other objects used in the rites of divination.