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Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820
Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820 - 2/7 Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820 - 3/7 Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820 - 4/7 Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820 - 5/7 Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820 - 6/7 Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango", Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3044820 - 7/7
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Lot 210
90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Janus-faced dance wand "oshe shango" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Amos Lafia of Idi Aro · ID: 3044820

sold EUR 500
Provenance
German Private Collection
Size
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch

Description

wood, encrusted patina in some places, base

The dance staff can be attributed to the same workshop / hand as the two “shango” staffs depicted in Drewal, dating to the late 19th / early 20th century and attributed to Ibadan artist Amos Lafia of Idi Aro (Drewal, 1980, Abb. 15 and 16).)

Comparing literature

Drewal, Henry John, African Artistry, Atlanta 1980, p. 30

Africa

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