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Yoruba Lidded Basket

Adorning ritual items with Cowry shells and beads were a sign of status and wealth to the Yoruba people. Large grass, beaded baskets like this would hold the diviner's regalia and cowrie shells that would be tossed onto the ground and interpreted by the diviner.

$450.00 $850.00