Ìbọrí
Material Inner Head
01 / INHERITANCE
Begin with the context.
Sacred object representing a person's orí inú.
Place & variation
Yorùbá material and devotional traditions. This public record gives cultural context, not instructions or evidence of medical efficacy.
02 / SYSTEM — EDITORIAL ANALYSIS
Identity & continuity.
An object provides a material focus for a relationship with the inner head.
This is the archive’s reading of a structure or relationship, not a claim that the tradition was designed as a modern technology.
03 / FUTURE — INHERITED FUTURES SPECULATION
Could an external representation of the self be cared for rather than optimised?
Externalised model of the self.
An artistic proposition to explore. Historical documentation does not establish the technological analogy.
FOLLOW THE RESEARCH
Sources & context.
The linked sources distinguish collection evidence, research and contextual reading. They support the inheritance layer; the system and future layers are editorial interpretations.
- 01The Met — Shrine: House of the Head (Ile-Ori) ↗Museum collection / material evidence · Opens source
Research edition 01 · September 2026. A desk-research synthesis; not a practitioner-certified account. Some linked books and articles require library access. Read the evidence guide ↗
Follow another thread.
Editorial links connect shared themes, objects and practices. They do not make the records interchangeable.