Pair of ritual staffs "eluku-oro" or "ikuku-oro" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3036555

Description

bronze, each cast with two seated figures, one on top of the other, the male ones smoking a pipe resp. holding an item, the female ones grasping their breasts, eyelets provided with little bells (partly missing), min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of corrosion, base;
according to William Fagg, the “oro society” was a much feared body which among other things served as executioners for the “ogboni”, and which held meetings in the bush at which the whirring sound of the bullroarer was heard. Their little-known brass equivalents for the “edan” of the “ogboni” are often even more sumptuous than the “edan”.

L’objet Pair of ritual staffs “eluku-oro” or “ikuku-oro” avec l’ID d’objet 3036555 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 76th tribal art auction dans 22 mars 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 510 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 100 €.

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Littérature comparée

Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 56

Publications

Galerie Schwarz-Weiss, München 1981, ill. 28