Object class: Bags (generic containers) / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Accession number: Acc.4192 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-10841, described as bag/ satchel, divining; glass bead outer face shows a diviner on horseback carrying his iron staff in his right hand w/ his head covered with a cloth (as protection against the sun). in foreground is a divining tray w/ Eshu's face at the top and with the figure Ogbe Meji marked on it; various colors on green ground; black glass bead tassels; white cotton patching panel has full pocker; indigo striped and embroidered shoulder strap; w. bag 27.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Pouch w/ nuts, accession number 5-10843a-q, described as Cloth bag containing 16 divining seeds - mostly palm nuts. [ikin ifa] Bag is of cotton cloth with string latch; 20.8 cm x 18 cm. Used in Ifa divination. Collected pre-1969. Oyo, 181. a = bag, b - q = seeds