Pointer, divination pointer, iroke ifa
This object is a divination pointer or tapper. Its indigenous name is “iroke ifa”. It was produced and used by the Yoruba in Nigeria, sometime before 1993. The diviner rhythmically taps the pointer on a divination tray and calls upon Orunmila, a god, and past diviners to begin the ritual.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 126/1993/10
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Material
- hippo ivoryglass
- Common Name
- pointer, divination pointer, iroke ifa
- Simple Name
- pointer
- Production County
- South West Nigeria
- Production Country
- Nigeria
