Ritual staff "edan

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Description

brass, dark patina, bearded kneeling figure with pierced crown-shaped coiffure, above a small round platform mounted on iron spike, rep. (breakages at the head/coiffure), traces of corrosion, acrylic base;
sometimes the “edan” are worn around the neck, like amulets, or displayed at the opening of the “oshugbo” annual festival.

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Comparing literature

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 186

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