Diviner's necklace with two pouches "apon ifa" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3044765
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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.
The object Diviner’s necklace with two pouches “apon ifa” with the object ID 3044765 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 207.
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Comparing literature
Fagg, William, Yoruba beadwork, New York 1980, p. 39