Two ritual staffs "edan oshugbo" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3038173

Description

brass, iron, half figures with janus head and tube-like limbs, male/female, mounted on iron spike and linked by a chain, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of corrosion, base

The object Two ritual staffs “edan oshugbo” with the object ID 3038173 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 329.

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Publications

Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 16