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posted on 2025-05-22, 11:17 authored by Abidemi Babatunde Babalola
Shrines of different Yoruba traditional gods are usually located within the King or high Priest's palace. Here is the shrine of Ogun, the god of iron and the pathfinder in Yoruba cosmology. Anything iron represent ogun, thus note the different forms of modern iron objects embedded within the shrine

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Abidemi Babatunde Babalola

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Igbale Ogun

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Igbale orisa orisirisi ti Ile Yoruba ma n wa afin obaa tabi ti alufaa. Ibi ni Igbale Ogun wa, Orisa ara ni ile yoruba. E kiyesi pe orisirisi irin lo wa ninu igbale

Cultural group

Yoruba

Participants

Adisa Ogunfolakan, Boluwaji David Ajayi, Omokolade Omigbule

Country

Nigeria

Place

Ile-Ife, South west region

Cultural context/event

Royal visit

Social group setting

Controlled group

Location

Sacred space

Date of creation

2020-05-14

Unique ID

2019LG01-0085

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