Items

| Item | Use | Source |

|---|---|---|

| Oji (kola nut) | Hospitality to humans and spirits; covenant-binder; the consecrated kola as the true "holy communion" — O wetalu oji wetalu ndu, "he who brings kola brings life" (T2's communion comparison poem); offered to Ikenga at morning prayer | T1+T2 |

| Ose Oji (alligator pepper) | Self-purification (four triangles + four circles traced on the body, or one triangle + seven circles — T1 p.19); T2's seven uses: cleansing, affirmation-power (seeds in the mouth before declaring), travel protection, energy fortification, hospitality, oath-binding, herbal remedy; treated as a spirit — first pod opened behind the back | T1+T2 |

| Nzu (white chalk) | Purity, communion with ancestors; body-marking (left half at initiation); liquefied for libation; Ogu Nzu double-pyramid vs round Nzu Obada | T1 |

| Odo | Yellow peace/tranquility powder; moulded pyramids; birth celebrations (Nsukka); the only defense against the Akpo Ihu charm | T1 |

| Ofo (staff) | See §8.3 | T1+T2 |

| Ikenga | Horned (ram) icon of the right hand — achievement, drive, self-image; carved at vocation-start, evolves with roles, replaceable if ineffective (Ikenga adighi ile, azilaa ya nku — cut the useless Ikenga for firewood); fed by kola, alligator pepper and libation at morning prayer; communal forms (Ikeoha); T2 reads it as the "divinely based self image" — Statue of Liberty as America's Ikenga; Ebune ji isi eje ogu — the ram goes head-first | T2 (+T1 refs) |

| Otunsi | Nri purification implement shaped like a teardrop (God's tears), inlaid with circular nzu marks; removes abominations, restores sacredness | T1 |

| Akpa Agwu / Akpa Ogwu / Akpa Aja | The sacred bag of knowledge/wisdom/ogwu — from Chukwu via Idemmili; its conferral marks true Dibiahood | T1 |

| Odu Agwu | Agwu's horn (ram, later antelope/elephant); its blast announces the Holy Spirit's arrival | T1 (plate caption) |

| Omu Nkwu | Tender yellow palm fronds — sacral marker, boat-weaving | T1 |

| Ogilisi/Ogirishi | Sacred boundary/altar tree; "tree of wisdom of the first ones" (T2); Okwu Agwu planting | T1+T2 |

| Okpete | Sugarcane-family sacred plant of Agwu's altar; its conical "tongue" = the needle-tip of Etu | T1 |

| Mmanu nkwu, nnu, akwa, mmili | Palm oil, salt, egg, water — anti-uchu (negative energy) cleansing set | T2 |

| Ekwo / Ofo Ekwo | The mystical pyramid instrument first given to Nri for cleansing | T1 |

| Ufo/Ufo vessel | The ancestral sky-vessel; survives as the Ofo-carrying case and the coconut-shell fire-carrier | T1 |