Bâton de danse "Eshu" · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3041995
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Description
wood, greyish brown patina, crowned by a bearded head with elaborate headdress (garland from calabashs, curled snakes), rich scarification marks, drilled holes, slightly dam. (nose, right ear), missing part (coiffure backside);
“eshus” main characteristic, the long neck lobe, is missing.
Littérature comparée
Chemeche, George, Eshu, The Divine Trickster, Suffolk 2013, p. 196