Dance wand

Museum number:
5-14321
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1339 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3780
Description:
dance wand representing woman with prominent projecting breasts [handwritten on card: she] is kneeling on platform; cylindrical handle below; yoke surrounds her; bow-shaped carving w/ 6 incised diamonds on top; wood is ptd. lt. purple, yellow and orange; h. 55 cm. [Dance Wand (Oshe Shango) w/ carved and painted kneeling woman. Ketu style. Purchased, 1974, $29.01?.]
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba; Purchased from Vivian Burns
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Vivian Burns and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1974
Materials:
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
Context of use:
Shango carving. dance wand which depicts a kneeling female worshipper.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 55 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-14-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Dance wand, accession number 5-14321, described as dance wand representing woman with prominent projecting breasts [handwritten on card: she] is kneeling on platform; cylindrical handle below; yoke surrounds her; bow-shaped carving w/ 6 incised diamonds on top; wood is ptd. lt. purple, yellow and orange; h. 55 cm. [Dance Wand (Oshe Shango) w/ carved and painted kneeling woman. Ketu style. Purchased, 1974, $29.01?.]Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Dance wand, accession number 5-14321, described as dance wand representing woman with prominent projecting breasts [handwritten on card: she] is kneeling on platform; cylindrical handle below; yoke surrounds her; bow-shaped carving w/ 6 incised diamonds on top; wood is ptd. lt. purple, yellow and orange; h. 55 cm. [Dance Wand (Oshe Shango) w/ carved and painted kneeling woman. Ketu style. Purchased, 1974, $29.01?.]Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Dance wand, accession number 5-14321, described as dance wand representing woman with prominent projecting breasts [handwritten on card: she] is kneeling on platform; cylindrical handle below; yoke surrounds her; bow-shaped carving w/ 6 incised diamonds on top; wood is ptd. lt. purple, yellow and orange; h. 55 cm. [Dance Wand (Oshe Shango) w/ carved and painted kneeling woman. Ketu style. Purchased, 1974, $29.01?.]Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Dance wand, accession number 5-14321, described as dance wand representing woman with prominent projecting breasts [handwritten on card: she] is kneeling on platform; cylindrical handle below; yoke surrounds her; bow-shaped carving w/ 6 incised diamonds on top; wood is ptd. lt. purple, yellow and orange; h. 55 cm. [Dance Wand (Oshe Shango) w/ carved and painted kneeling woman. Ketu style. Purchased, 1974, $29.01?.]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dance wand, accession number 5-14321, described as dance wand representing woman with prominent projecting breasts [handwritten on card: she] is kneeling on platform; cylindrical handle below; yoke surrounds her; bow-shaped carving w/ 6 incised diamonds on top; wood is ptd. lt. purple, yellow and orange; h. 55 cm. [Dance Wand (Oshe Shango) w/ carved and painted kneeling woman. Ketu style. Purchased, 1974, $29.01?.]

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