Stone axe head regarded by Yoruba as a symbol of Shango

Made:: 1500-1700

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Stone axe head regarded by Yoruba as a symbol of Shango
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Stone axe head regarded by Yoruba as a symbol of Shango, god of lightning and used as a protection against this, Africa, 1500-1700

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651092

Materials:: stone

type:: axe-head

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