object

Opele

A named divining chain of Ifá practice. Not the Opon Ifá tray, and not a generic lot-tool under a chain name.

Also known as Ifá chain

Yoruba Ifá

Opele is used in Yoruba Ifá.
Bascom describes the opele as the divining chain of Ifá, used when the palm-nut set is not cast. Instrument of that ethnography’s Ifá, not the opon Ifá tray and not ikin.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969
used in · sourced · culturally specific
Opele is used in Lots.
Bascom describes the opele chain as the Ifá instrument that falls into a figure when the palm nuts are not cast. A named lots-chain of that ethnography, not ikin, and not the opon Ifá tray.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969
used in · sourced · culturally specific
Opele is used in Divination.
Bascom describes the opele chain as the alternate casting instrument that yields an Ifá figure when the palm nuts are not used. A named chain use in that divination craft, not used_in→yoruba-ifa or used_in→lots already filed.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969
used in · sourced · culturally specific
Brass is historically related to Opele.
Bascom describes preferred opele chains made with circular brass links set at right angles so the seed halves fall freely. A named brass–opele meeting in that ethnography, not the seed pods as a missing seed object invent and not the tray.
from William Bascom · Ifa Divination, 1969
historically related to · sourced · culturally specific