Carved and painted wooden standing figure of Eshu Elegba

Made:: 1851-1920 in Africa

maker:: Yoruba people

Carved and painted wooden standing figure of Eshu Elegba

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Carved and painted wooden standing figure of Eshu Elegba
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Carved and painted wooden standing figure of Eshu Elegba holding notched stick under chin and wearing tunic with sleeves, Yoruba, West African, 1871-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A211737

Materials:: wood

type:: statues

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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