Pair of ritual staffs "edan oshugbo" · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3033333
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden (before 1979)
Ole Christensen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008)
Private Collection, Netherlands
Description
brass, iron, kneeling figures, male/female, holding items, mounted on iron poker, collection number “10” in red paint on the back, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of corrosion, on wooden base;
“ogboni” is a secret society of the Yoruba, also called “oshugbo”. The best known “oshugbo” object is the “edan oshugbo”, a pair of bronze images male/female mounted on iron spikes, linked by an iron chain. These figures 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.
L’objet Pair of ritual staffs “edan oshugbo” avec l’ID d’objet 3033333 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 70th tribal art auction dans 8 septembre 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 321 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 650 €.
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Littérature comparée
Witte, Hans, Earth and the Ancestors, Amsterdam 1988, pl. 8