Bâton de danse à tête de Janus "oshe shango" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba, Ekiti, village Efon-Alaye · ID: 3041753

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Description

wood, matt dark brown patina, partly encrusted, nearly identical facial features with prominent eyes and cheek scarifications, heart-shaped double-axe symbol, neck and tounge-shaped projections with incised geometrical decor, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts (base of the handle), plate;
presumably a work of the Adeshina workshop.

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Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 184, ill. 250

AHDRC: 0104995

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