Ritual staff "ogboni" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3040578

Description

brass, cast around iron staff, crowned by a bearded face, “ogboni” sign in shape of two opposed crescents on the forehead, incised scarification marks, small bird sculpture, patina, base;
the “oshugbo” society, called “ogboni” in some areas, worships Mother Earth, conducts important sacred, judicial matters in utmost secrecy, and has its own distinctive visual forms and iconography.

The object Ritual staff “ogboni” with the object ID 3040578 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 313.

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