Ritual staff "edan ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3040469

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.

The object Ritual staff “edan with the object ID 3040469 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 312 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

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