Collier d'un devin avec deux poches "apon ifa" · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3044765
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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.
Littérature comparée
Fagg, William, Yoruba beadwork, New York 1980, p. 39