Ritual staff "opa osanyin" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3041203
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Poul Mørk, Copenhagen, Denmark (1960’s)Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Size
H: 66 cm
H: 26.0 inch
Description
iron, with stylized birds, min. dam., traces of corrosion, base;
both, herbalist and diviner of the Yoruba, use wrought-iron staffs to struggle against witchcraft, the magic source of human pathology.
The object Ritual staff “opa osanyin” with the object ID 3041203 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 77 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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