Une paire de bâtons de danse "eshu" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba, Ede · ID: 3051074

Description

wood, hide, cowrie snails, base

These figures are worn round the neck of female worshippers of “eshu” (the “trickster” god) so that they hang upside down over the breasts of the devotee and are more or less hidden among the strands of cowries.

Cowries were formerly used as money. The fact that “eshu hides behind cowries”, as the Yoruba say, indicates that the trickster is present in all money transactions, especially on the market, where strangers come into contact with each other and quarrels may easily arise.

L’objet Une paire de bâtons de danse “eshu” avec l’ID d’objet 3051074 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 103 dans 16 novembre 2024 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 378 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 700 €.

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Littérature comparée

Witte, Hans, Ifa and Esu, Soest-Holland 1984, p. 109