[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
48 Divining seeds (palm nuts). Mostly greenish-brown; some are more yellow. Sizes vary between 1 cm and 2 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Nut and Palm
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
used by Ifa priests during divination. priest uses 16 (or 17) [handwritten on card: nuts] for the divination
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
max— length 2 centimeters and small— length 1 centimeters
Comment:
Used by Ifa priests during divination. Priest uses 16 (or 17) nuts for the divination. PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-13