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.