Curved wooden staff flared pillar surmounted by human head
- maker:
- Yoruba people
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Curved wooden staff flared pillar surmounted by human head, stylised Yoruba type, represents Shopono, Yoruba god, smallpox ju-ju or amulet, Yoruba tribe, 1851-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657205
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 313 mm x 65 mm x 70 mm, .22 kg
- type:
- staffs
- credit:
- Johnson, C.G.
