Divination tappers
- Museum number:
- 5-15598a-c
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210515598a@2dc
- Alternate number:
- WA49a,d,__ (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4556
- Description:
- Divination tappers, wood; slightly curved wood branch, tapering to point; A,B) carved at opposite end; C) broken near midpoint; A) length: 32.4 cm, diameter: 2.7 cm; B) length: 30.0 cm, diameter: 2.5 cm; C) length: 20.7 cm, diameter: 2.9 cm.
- Donor:
- Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
- Collection place:
- Republic of Benin
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa; Dahomey; Fon
- Culture or time period:
- Fon
- Collector:
- Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Context of use:
- Used to get attention of deity in Ifa divination by hitting against carved opal or oblong Ifa tray.
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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