Wand

Museum number:
5-16444
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2237 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Yoruba Shango wand (oshe Shango). Woman with chicken in left hand, 2 pronged object in right hand and wearing a large, pale blue head piece with a bull's head; woman wears a typical sarong of black and yellow ochre. (Meko, Duga, 1953?)
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 33.5 centimeters, width 13 centimeters, and length 7 centimeters
Comment:
Meko, made by Duga, 1953. Copy of shrine figure. Slide.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Wand, accession number 5-16444, described as Yoruba Shango wand (oshe Shango). Woman with chicken in left hand, 2 pronged object in right hand and wearing a large, pale blue head piece with a bull's head; woman wears a typical sarong of black and yellow ochre. (Meko, Duga, 1953?)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Wand, accession number 5-16444, described as Yoruba Shango wand (oshe Shango). Woman with chicken in left hand, 2 pronged object in right hand and wearing a large, pale blue head piece with a bull's head; woman wears a typical sarong of black and yellow ochre. (Meko, Duga, 1953?)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Wand, accession number 5-16444, described as Yoruba Shango wand (oshe Shango). Woman with chicken in left hand, 2 pronged object in right hand and wearing a large, pale blue head piece with a bull's head; woman wears a typical sarong of black and yellow ochre. (Meko, Duga, 1953?)

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