Wooden staff

maker:
Yoruba people
Wooden staff, decorated with leather, cowrie shells and horn

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Wooden staff, decorated with leather, cowrie shells and horn
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Wooden staff, decorated with leather, cowrie shells and horn, used by the god of smallpox, shapono, Yoruba, Nigeria

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301693
Materials:
wood, leather, glass, horn and shell
type:
staffs