"Eshu" dance wand · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3048505
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Leo Leewis, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPiet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 39,5 cm
H: 15.6 inch
Description
wood, thick layer of shiny black patina, glass beads,
“Eshu”, the Yoruba “trickster god”, is a contradictory character, able to be good and bad, trustful and mischievous. He can bestow prosperity but also cause misery.