Shango wand

Museum number:
5-15506
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4557
Description:
Shango wand. Wood, carved, two heads facing opposite directions with double axe at top, leather tie inserted through hole at bottom of handle.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 46.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shango wand, accession number 5-15506, described as Shango wand. Wood, carved, two heads facing opposite directions with double axe at top, leather tie inserted through hole at bottom of handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shango wand, accession number 5-15506, described as Shango wand. Wood, carved, two heads facing opposite directions with double axe at top, leather tie inserted through hole at bottom of handle.

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