Symbol of the Yoruba god Shango in the form of iron bar zig-zagged to represent lightning
- maker:
- Yoruba people
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Symbol of the Yoruba god Shango in the form of iron bar
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Symbol of the Yoruba god Shango in the form of iron bar zig-zagged to represent lightning, Yoruba, Nigerian, 1890-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651677
- Materials:
- iron
- type:
- amulet
- credit:
- Glendining
