emblems (Ogboni Society); pr. standing anthropomorphic bronze castings; one male, one female, attached by metal chain*; each on spike-like handle w/ double axe-blades at top; l. a) male 24.5 cm., (b) female 24.3 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
1956
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
Pr. of symbols of the Ogboni Society which in Ife served as the next-to-the-highest court of law, in addition to performing rituals in the worship of the earth. Prov. and date of coll. pencilled on background paper of foto in series on Ogboni Soc. found w/ Wescott notes. *metal chain not same as in Wescott foto
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— length 24.3 centimeters and a— length 24.5 centimeters