Divination head for "ifa", "olori ikin" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3050957

Description

bone,

“Ifa” priests use sixteen sacred palm nuts for their divinations. Many of them have a seventeenth nut called “olori(n) ikin” (“chief of the palm nuts”). It is often replaced by such a small human head made of bone (or ivory).

Usually it is believed that the heads represent “eshu’”, but they are more likely to allude to “orunmila”, the supreme deity of the “ifa” oracle.

L’objet Divination head for “ifa”, “olori ikin” numéro d’objet 3050957, a fait partie de l’enchère Collectors’ Items Sale en 24 septembre 2025 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 225.

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