Carved wooden thunder staff depicting a mother and child
- maker:
- Yoruba people
Carved wooden thunder staff depicting a mother and child, oshe shango, symbol of Shango thunderbolt emblem on head of woman, holding thunderstick and rattle, kneeling on pillar, Yoruba, Nigeria, 1860-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655907
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 378 mm x 85 mm x 76 mm, .28 kg
- type:
- staff
- credit:
- Sotheby's
