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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1969
    where
    Nigeria
    Oyo
    who
    Yoruba
  • Collecting
    who
    Karin Weisswange - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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