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Old Yoruba Edan Ogboni (Ogboni Society Staff), of wooden base
Nigeria

25 cm, (28 cm with base)
Material: bronze, wood, 
1,1 kilos (1100g) 

The Yoruba underground contains spiritual force- its power has been of central concern to the Ogboni society of esteemed elders who use staffs made of copper alloy & iron as insignia of office. Staffs include ornate representations of men & women, perhaps symbolizing the knowable world above ground, & nondescript iron shafts, which may allude to invisible power of the underground.

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Second half last century - resonable condition

Yoruba Edan Ogboni (Ogboni Society Staff), Nigeria

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