Divination Tray
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 2007
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Virginia Fleming
label: Donor Name
content: Virginia Fleming
notes: label: Notes
content: Tray has face carved at the top with a series of palm nut motifs carved around the rim. On the back of the tray are two metal nails and metal wire - which the donor used to hang and display on a wall (not original to the object).
label: Notes
content: Trays like this were used in Ifa divination. The face on the top of the tray represents Eshu, the divinity who is the messenger between the Dieties and mankind. The palm nut motif refers to the sixteen palm nuts that are cast during the divination. Reference: William Fagg, John Pemberton III, and Bryce Holcombe, eds. Yoruba Sculpture of West Africa. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1982
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oshogbo, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2042499
label: USNM Number
content: E431923-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Divination Board
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 34 cm
label: Height
content: 2.5 cm