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NIGERIAN YORUBA TRIBAL BEADED REGALIA IS RESERVED FOR, AND USED ONLY BY, ROYALS AND THE TRIBE'S "IFA" SHAMANS. PERFORMANCE OF DIVINATION RITUALS AND SACRED CEREMONIES IS THE PRIMARY RELIGIOUS "BABLAWO" FUNCTION OF AN IFA PRIEST. SACRED BEADED ICONOGRAPHY ON "APO IFA" CEREMONIAL BAGS, NECKLACES, AND VESTMENTS ARE WORN DURING IMPORTANT TRIBAL RITUALS. THESE ICONS ARE CONCEPTUAL SYMBOLS THAT SIGNIFY A VARIETY OF SPIRITUAL REMEDIES THAT REDIRECT NEGATIVE MYSTICAL POWERS INTO POSITIVE RESULTS. THIS EXTREMELY VISUAL CEREMONIAL BEADED REGALIA IS DESIGNED TO BE VIEWED FROM VARIOUS DISTANCES AND FOCAL LENGTHS, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVOTEES' INTERPRETATION AND PERCEPTION OF SACRED BEADED ICONS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS WHEN VIEWED FROM DIVERGENT ANGELS OR VANTAGE POINTS. THE "AGEMO" CHAMELEON IS PERHAPS THE MOST COMMON BEADED YORUBA ICON AS THAT REPTILE IS AN ELEMENT OF THE MOST POTENT TRIBAL MEDICINE. SACRED CEREMONIAL YORUBA BEADED REGALIA ICONOGRAPHY NOT ONLY COMMUNICATES RANK AND RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OF IFA PRIESTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY; AN ENDLESS PERPETUAL LOOP OF TRIBAL MYTHOLOGY: A BELIEF STRUCTURE IS CONCEPTUALLY REFLECTED BACK ON TO ITSELF, WHEN PRACTITIONERS INFLUENCE AND ABSORB THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF RE-EMERGING ICONIC SYMBOLIC ARCHETYPES THAT CONTAIN AN ABSTRACT VISUAL UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLANATION FOR THE YORUBA'S SPIRITUAL COSMOS.