Dance staff for Èṣù (Ògò Èlẹ́gba)
1800s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Dance staff for Èṣù (Ògò Èlẹ́gba), 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood, leather, cowrie shells, seeds, and natural fiber; 62 cm (24 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2018.34 If Eshu isn’t properly honored, trouble may befall the community or individual.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, leather, cowrie shells, seeds, and natural fiber
- Dimensions
- 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2018.34
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- African art rotation, <em>Utotombo: L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges.</em> Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (March 25 - June 5, 1988)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108C Akan & Yoruba
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