Ritual staff "edan oshugbo" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035262

Description

brass, dark patina, in shape of a squatting female figure with both hands up to the breasts, eyelet with a small bell attached, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, socle;
“ogboni” is a secret society of the Yoruba, also called “oshugbo”. The best known “oshugbo” object is the “edan oshugbo”, a pair of bronze images male/female mounted on iron spikes, linked by an iron chain. These figures belong to individual “oshugbo” members who - after approval by an “oshugbo” official - the “apena” - take them home afer their initiation into the “oshugbo” cult. They are kept on the family shrine and they are danced on special occasions.

The object Ritual staff “edan oshugbo” with the object ID 3035262 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 277 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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