Ifa priest's beaded bag "apo ileke Ifa" - Nigeria,

animal skin, cardboard, fabric, miniature glass beads, base This bag is lavishly decorated with hundreds of tiny glass beads in beautifully coordinated warm colours. The central motif is a mask face,

Ca. first half 20thC. Good, with age-appropriate wear, with missing fringes bottom left, missing beads on top right side large beaded fringe, missing beads/fringes throughout, main panel has very few

A Yoruba "Apa Ifa" diviner's beaded leather and cloth bagEarly/mid-20th Century, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, AfricaThe shadowbox-framed bag with three beaded mask motifs, two red and one yellow

Rare Original Antique Beaded Yoruba Diviner / Priest Vest / Tunic - Shango Diviner (IFA) Priest's Vest | Decorated with Glass and stone beads | Approx. Size: 28" H x 27.5" W (Folded).

Ca. first half 20thC. Very good, with little to no loss of beads on surface, some missing fringes, wear and discoloration to fabric. Presently mounted on a display board as shown. Purchased from Regin

A wonderful old beaded diviners pouch showing handling and field use over many years. Diviners carry the tools they need for an ifa divination ceremony in a beaded bag. The bag measures 9 x 8 inches.

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and large leather and burlap bag decorated with hundreds of glass seed beads. The bag was intended for a priest or

A Large beaded bag with strap and the faces of Eshu which indicates use by a Diviner. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The main body of the bag when closed measures 13 x 12 inches, not counting the st

wood, colour pigments, rest. These bowls were used to store the sixteen sacred palm nuts "ikin", which were used by the priests "babalawo" in the "ifa" divination ritual to consult Orunmila, the god o

Ca. 20thC. Trade fabric, long straps, leather, cowrie shells, brass; Yoruba, Nigeria. This "bag" does not open, and it seems was intended to be used decoratively inside of a home or shrine instead of

Ca. 20thC. Trade fabric, long straps, leather, cowrie shells, brass; Yoruba, Nigeria. This "bag" does not open, and it seems was intended to be used decoratively inside of a home or shrine instead of

A Yoruba beaded Diviner's bag, Yoruba; NigeriaThe bag of classical form, the interior worn and with old leather pocket, the beaded panel with blue field and border of red and green triangles, typical

Six African Yoruba Beaded Belts, Diviner Bags, Nigeria, All pieces 20th century with beads, cotton, cowrie shells and thread: (1) Large Yoruba beaded belt with dog and bird motifs, measures: 55"L x 10

Yoruba Peoples, beaded crown, sash, and bag, Nigeria, incl. a crown adorned with birds, a sash decorated in bird design with cowrie shell details, and a double bag with beaded front cover panels and s

Hand made turtle form portfolio style flat bag with heishi bead strap (29" approx.). Front panel with hand stitched glass beads on cloth; back panel covered in hand stitched fabric. Inside flat pocket

34 Orakelschale, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Holz. H 27,5 cm. Ø 20,5 cm. Provenienz: - Sotheby's London, 1987, Lot 198. - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Sammlung Carnes, Solothurn (1993). Ausgestellt: Muse

Orakelstab, "iroke ifa" Owo (?), Nigeria Gesockelt / with custom base Knochen. H 29,5 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1995). Die von den Priestern verwendeten, iroke Ifa genannten, konische

Orakelschale, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 22 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Maria Wyss, Basel (1970). - Peter und Veena Schnell, Zürich. - Sotheby's Paris, 05.15.2003, L

44 Orakelschale, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel (without base) Holz. H 26 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. agere-ifa genannte Schalen werden im allgemeinen als pries

Deckelschale, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 36,5 cm. Provenienz: - Nachlass Ernesto Schmidt, Basel. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich. agere-ifa genannte Schalen wer

Schalenträgerin, "agere ifa" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 18 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Jean David, Basel (Feb. 2000). Ausgestellt: Museum der Völke

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful leather and burlap bag of rectangular form with a semi-circular front flap, all elaborately adorned by hundreds of barrel beads in

West African, Nigeria. Yoruba beaded tunic / vest made of glass beads and cotton and depicting figures, snakes, geometric motifs, and animals. Traditionally worn on ceremonial occasions by priests ded

Equestrian warrior with a spear in its proper right hand, supporting a small bowl on its head. "Yoruba sculptors carved several of the implements that diviner-priests (babalawo) used in the Ifa divina