Altar crest "odo shango" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3036509

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of dotted painting, remains of indigo blue pigment, of massive form, in shape of a half figure, provided with club and thunder bolt, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, number on the underside “1680”;
served as base for wooden receptacles where the prehistoric stone axes “edun ara” were kept, which “orisha sango” used to throw against those who displeased him.

Littérature comparée

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Yoruba, Zürich 1991, p. 70, ill. 83