Ritual staff "edan oshugbo" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3031091

Description

brass, iron, in shape of a squatting female figure with both hands up to the breasts, eyelet for support, fragmentary iron spike, on 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 Ritual staff “edan oshugbo” avec l’ID d’objet 3031091 a fait partie de l’enchère 68th tribal art auction en 3 mars 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 405.

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Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 489