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Carved wooden divination bowl, known as "Adjelle Ifa" or "Adjelepa" meaning palm-kernal, bowl used as oracle, circular base, stem with form of a bird pecking a snake, surmounted by circular bowl with hinged lid, painted in reds, yellows and blues, Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A15022
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- divination bowls
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)