Ritual staff "edan ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3040469

Description

brass, dark patina, bearded kneeling figure with pierced crown-shaped coiffure, above a small round platform mounted on iron spike, rep. (breakages at the head/coiffure), traces of corrosion, acrylic base;
sometimes the “edan” are worn around the neck, like amulets, or displayed at the opening of the “oshugbo” annual festival.

Littérature comparée

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 186