Dance vestment · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037444
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, cowrie shells, leather, animal sinews, leather-coated staff with four “eshu” dance staffs attached, inbetween seventeen strings of cowrie shells, spread with blackish mass and indigo blue pigment, strap for suspension from animal sinews, slightly dam., strings of cowrie shells missing in parts, one piece loose;
these vestments are carried by “eshu” priests during public ceremonies to honour the deity.
The object Dance vestment with the object ID 3037444 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 356.
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Comparing literature
Lawal, Babatunde, Yoruba, Mailand 2012, ill. 27