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Carved Adjella Ifa ritual bowl, Yoruba
Carved 'Adjella Ifa' (Ifa ritual bowl), in the form of a woman - carrying a child on her back - kneeling, and offering the bowl in respect to Ifa, the god of divination. Palm nuts used by Yoruba diviners are stored in the bowl. Yoruba people, Nigeria, 1880-1920
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An adjella ifa, a bowl to store the palm nuts used by diviners of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. This particular object is shaped in the form of a woman carrying a child, kneeling in respect to Ifa, the god of divination. The diviner seeks information from Ifa to help answer questions about an illness.
- Measurements:
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overall: 323 mm x 197 mm x 260 mm, 1.028 kg
- Materials:
- wood
- Object Number:
- A123603/1
- type:
- ritual object and divination bowls
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
