Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, village Efon-Alaye · ID: 3041753
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, partly encrusted, nearly identical facial features with prominent eyes and cheek scarifications, heart-shaped double-axe symbol, neck and tounge-shaped projections with incised geometrical decor, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts (base of the handle), plate;
presumably a work of the Adeshina workshop.
The object Janus-faced dance wand “oshe shango” with the object ID 3041753 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 40 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.
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Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 184, ill. 250
AHDRC: 0104995