Iron bar

Made:
Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Iron bar, in the form of a thunderbolt symbolising Shango

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Iron bar, in the form of a thunderbolt symbolising Shango
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Iron bar, in the form of a thunderbolt symbolising Shango, God of thunder, Yoruba tribe, Nigerian

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A220871
Materials:
iron
Measurements:
length 430 mm
width 111 mm
depth 6 mm
type:
amulet

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