Ifá diviner's necklace (òdìgbà Ifá)
1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Ifá diviner's necklace (òdìgbà Ifá), 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Cloth, glass beads, cardboard, cotton, probably wool, and wood; overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); bag: 21.5 x 19.6 cm (8 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1995.23 Look closely at the minuscule beads used to make the complex patterns of this multicolored necklace containing two pouches with thin strands that are connected by rope-like cords. A Yoruba diviner would have communicated with the spirit world while wearing this accessory.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Implements
- Formatted Medium
- Cloth, glass beads, cardboard, cotton, probably wool, and wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); Bag: 21.5 x 19.6 cm (8 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.23
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108C Akan & Yoruba
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
