Carved wooden stave with spike handle surmounted by kneeling figure with celt headdress

Made:
1851-1900 in Lagos
maker:
Yoruba people
Carved wooden stave with spike handle surmounted by kneeling

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Carved wooden stave with spike handle surmounted by kneeling figure with celt headdress, accessory of Ifa or Shango cult, Yoruba, 2nd half of 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A164028
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 295 mm
max.: width 39 mm
type:
tappers
credit:
Glendining

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