Ceremonial sword ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038343

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Description

iron blade, brass-casted grip, depicting a man in full military outfit, smoking a pipe, min. dam., traces of corrosion, small missing parts, base;
probably a so-called “ada ogun” or “sword of ogun”, Lord over iron and weapons, the patron of all Yoruba iron-workers. Kept by the master of the local guild of smiths, it served as an emblem of the craft group.

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Comparing literature

Krieger, Kurt, Westafrikanische Plastik, Bd. II, Berlin 1969, ill. 167

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Publications

African Metal Implements, Weapons, Tools and Regalia, Collection of Frederick and Claire Mebel, New York 1984, ill. 34

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