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<p>[QUOTE="Kelly Graziano, post: 12311762, member: 86665"]Okay -- two updates. #1 -- the object has four feet with SIX toes each! Also, I think it's an "<b>Agere Ifá". </b>This is a Yoruba divination vessel used to hold the sacred ikin (palm nuts) used in Ifá divination. The babalawo (divination priest) would use the nuts to consult Ifá, the oracle deity of wisdom and destiny. The vessel's carved figures and animals aren't decoration — they're active participants in the divination, embodying the spiritual forces being consulted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kelly Graziano, post: 12311762, member: 86665"]Okay -- two updates. #1 -- the object has four feet with SIX toes each! Also, I think it's an "[B]Agere Ifá". [/B]This is a Yoruba divination vessel used to hold the sacred ikin (palm nuts) used in Ifá divination. The babalawo (divination priest) would use the nuts to consult Ifá, the oracle deity of wisdom and destiny. The vessel's carved figures and animals aren't decoration — they're active participants in the divination, embodying the spiritual forces being consulted.[/QUOTE]
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