Consultation using kolanuts and ebi, palace of Orangun of Ila

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Igbefa (Ifa Adagba), six Ifa priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba; Consultation using kolanuts and ebi; Chief Odoode; Babalawo. "Ifa divination rite at the palace of Orangun of Ila. The priest hols the sixteen sacred palm nuts of Ifa in his left hand as he casts Ifa to determine the sacrifices that the ruler and the chiefs in the town must make in preparation for the king's festival (Odun Oba)."[Abiodun R. Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art. Cambridge University Press; 2014. Figure 2, pp. 14] Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "V.A.82.52".

Collection

John Pemberton III Collection

Archival grouping

John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Ifa Divination for Orisha Orunmila

Catalog date

1982-08-08

Recorded places

Ila Orangun (Nigeria)

Cataloged creator or photographer

Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016; Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -; Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

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