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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Nigerian, Yoruba people
Title:Apo Ifa (Beaded bag)
Type:Textile
Materials:Beads, leather, cloth
Place Made:Africa; Nigeria?; Efon Alaye, southern Ekiti
Measurements:Overall: 9 in x 7 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 22.9 cm x 18.3 cm x 3.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1999.20
Credit Line:The Barry D. Maurer (Class of 1959) Collection of African art purchased with Amherst College Discretionary Fund and funds from H. Axel Schupf (Class of 1957)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
The diviner carries his instruments in this beaded bag: sacred palm nuts, an opele chain, and the Ifa tapper. The bag's flap displays an abstract rendering of a face that commonly appears on kings' crowns and dance panels of orisa devotees with prominent eyes to indicate that through Ifa divination, one may discern that which is not ordinarily visible.

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