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Upper part of a ritual staff "edan oshugbo" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035905

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Size
H: 10 cm
H: 3.9 inch

Description

brass, with patina, human head, eyelet with remains of a chain, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, base;
“edan oshugbo” staffs 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 “edan” might be a single staff or a pair of bronze images male/female mounted on iron spikes and linked by an iron chain.


The object Upper part of a ritual staff “edan oshugbo” with the object ID 3035905 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 346.

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