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Yoruba (Nigeria)Shango Dance Staff, Oshe Sango

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Yoruba (Nigeria)Shango Dance Staff, Oshe Sango
<B>Yoruba (Nigeria)</B></I><BR>Shango Dance Staff, <I>Oshe Sango</B></I><BR>Wood, fiber<BR>Height: 17 7/8 inches Width:of axes: 3 3/8 inches<BR><BR>A delicate, well patinated carving of a head with cheek scars is surmounted by a "double-axe" form, the signature element associated with Shango, the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning. Below the neck are two overlapping tiers of five-lobed devices that appear to be costume panels. These panels are decorated with fine-unit patterns in very low relief. Below these is the spool-like handle of the staff. A central vertical crack runs from top to bottom of one side of the axes at top. A second vertical crack runs along the right side of one of the heads. A third crack system runs intermittently down the side opposite the head edge crack. A loss from the base lies behind that last crack's terminus. There is a base crack opposite it.<BR><BR>Devotees of Shango carry wands such as this in dances to honor Shango and in which they seek to be possessed by the god.<BR><BR>Provenance: H. Bruce Greene II, and family, Naples, Florida<BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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