Chain, divining; 8 aluminum replicas of opele pods connected with double white metal chains; incised geometric and other designs on faces of the "pods"; 5 3-pence English coins suspended from one end, 3 from the other; l. 89.7 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ilara, Ogun State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ilara; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Aluminum (metal) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
see IFA DIVINATION pp. 26-32. also see Pl. 2B for ill. of this specimen. see 5-10844 for another example.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 89.7 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated, Bascom, Ifa Divination, 1969, Pl.2B & see P. 31.Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-7