apo abira apo ifa

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Bag (fortune telling)
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The bag is part of the Ifa fortune teller's equipment. He keeps the oracle necklace and other accessories in it. He is the only one, apart from the king, who is allowed to own items with pearls.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
Bag (fortune telling)
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite: ca. 24 x 22,5 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Leather , Glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 42441

Provenance and sources

when
1969
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Oyo [Ort]
who
Yoruba

who
Karin Weisswange - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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