Carved wooden staff

Made:
1851-1900 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base

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Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base
Science Museum Group
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Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden staff, cylindrical pillar on circular base, surmounted by head representing Shopono, Yoruba god, smallpox ju-ju, Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657206
Materials:
wood
type:
staffs
credit:
Johnson, C.G.