Edan
- Museum number:
- 5-15687a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210515687a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- B-2139a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4614
- Description:
- 'Edan' (paired brass casting), figurines; seated male and female, mounted on iron spike; a) male, holding short staff between hands, from knees to ground; b) female, holding round object (fruit?) between hands at waist level; both linked by brass chain attached to back of head; H ea; 10.6 cm
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1951
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy) and Iron (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- December 15, 1993
- Context of use:
- 'Edan' of 'Ogboni' secret society. See Fagg et al, p. 186
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 10.6 centimeters
- Comment:
- Note: Labeled 2139a,b. Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-9
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- Legacy documentation:
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