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Journal Article
Yorùbá Beadwork in the Americas: Òrìṣà and Bead Color
1998
Overview
In the following excerpt, John Mason, himself a babalòrìṣà (priest of an òrìṣà, or Yorùbá divinity), discusses the colors associated with specific òrìṣà and their domains and attributes: Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbá, the cosmic crossroads; Ògún, the hunt, iron, and war; Erinlẹ́, medicine and the hunt; Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì, the hunt; Ọ̀ṣun, the gushing spring; Yẹmọja, motherhood; Olókun, the waters; Ọya, the whirlwind; Babalúaiyé, the earth; Ṣàngó, thunder; the creator god Ọbàtálá, ethical rightness. In the African diaspora, beads are used most widely in necklaces, ìlẹ̀ke, and they also encircle and guard other major points where parts of the body meet (wrist, waist, ankle). The color associations found in ìlẹ̀ke extend to crowns, fly whisks, banners, and numerous other beaded items for òrìṣà devotees and their shrines.
Publisher
University of California, Los Angeles,UCLA James S. Coleman
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