Figure 5From: Mollusks of Candomblé: symbolic and ritualistic importanceTable on which the babalorixá consulted the "jogo de búzios," ornamented with shells of gastropods ( Eustrombus goliath , Cassis tuberosa ( in details), and Charonia variegata ); the wooden sculptures of serpents symbolize the orixá Oxumarê. In terreiro of the Yorubá Nation in Caruaru (PE).Back to article page