necklace, beaded; multiple strands of multicolored tubular glass beads, bunched together every 8-10.0 cm., and separated by 18 oval blue ceramic and glass larger beads and two fruit seeds; L. ca. 103.0 cm.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 8, 1994
Context of use:
beaded divination necklace for 'Ifa' priest
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 103 centimeters
Comment:
see xerographic color reproduction in acc envelope