Lot 0051

A Yoruba "iroke Ifa" Divination Tapper

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Item Details

Description

Orakelstab, "iroke Ifa"
Yoruba, Nigeria
Ohne Sockel / without base
Holz. H 25 cm.

Provenienz:
Nachlass Dr. Hermann Brügger (1928-2009), Solothurn.

Die von den Priestern verwendeten, iroke Ifa genannten, konischen Schlegel sind meist aus Elfenbein gefertigt, manchmal jedoch aus Holz geschnitzt oder in Gelbguss gegossen und in seltenen Fällen mit Perlen verziert.

Im ganzen Yoruba-Gebiet sind Orakel-Befragungen bei und durch ifa-Priester eine wichtige Institution. Hilfesuchende wenden sich an den Geistlichen mit der Bitte um Rat in persönlichen oder übergeordneten Angelegenheiten.

Zu Beginn einer Wahrsage-Sitzung klopft der babalawo mit einem konischen, an der Spitze manchmal abgenutzten Schlegel vorsichtig gegen das Ifa-Brett, um die Aufmerksamkeit von Orunmila zu erregen. Der Priester spricht eine Begrüssungsformel und ruft Orunmila an, das ori, das Schicksal des Fragestellers, zu enthüllen.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Abiodun, Rowland / Drewal, Henry / Pemberton, John (1991). Yoruba Kunst und Ästhetik in Nigeria. Zürich: Museum Rietberg.

CHF 100 / 200
EUR 86 / 172

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