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Title
Esu-Elegbara Dance Staff (ogo Esu-Elegbara)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description
At the top of the staff, a male and female supplicant peer from a cascade of cowries, brass beads, iron fragments, and seeds. Some cowries are stained with indigo dye. The lower bodies of the figures are concealed by the shell strands above. Their elongated hairstyles extend the overall verticality of the piece. The figure’s faces appear to be identical.
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1975
Accession Number
2003/2.26
Medium and Support
wood, leather, cowrie shells, brass, iron, seeds
relevance
rank 22.57344
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