Bifurcated iron bar

Made:: 1851-1920 in Nigeria

maker:: Yoruba people

Bifurcated iron bar, symbol of Shango, representing thunderbolt

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Bifurcated iron bar, symbol of Shango, representing thunderbolt
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Bifurcated iron bar, symbol of Shango, representing thunderbolt, Yoruba, West African, 1851-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651678

Materials:: iron

type:: amulet

credit:: Glendining

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