Divination bowl

Museum number:
5-7229
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2438
Description:
Ifa divination bowl; seated female figure holding bowl, wood, painted brown; 19 cms ht, 15 cms width.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
the diviner (babalawo) stores the 16 palm nuts in this bowl which he manipulates to determine the sacrifice which will bring a blessing or avert a misfortune.. c.f. W. Bascom
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 15 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31); part of African art teaching set; to be used as traveling exhibit for Bay area schools; File Code: 5.7 [crossed out on card]; 5. [handwritten on card: 1]
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Divination bowl, accession number 5-7229, described as Ifa divination bowl; seated female figure holding bowl, wood, painted brown; 19 cms ht, 15 cms width.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Divination bowl, accession number 5-7229, described as Ifa divination bowl; seated female figure holding bowl, wood, painted brown; 19 cms ht, 15 cms width.

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