Eshu/Elegba Staff (Opa)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Egbado/Egba, Abeokuta, Itoko Quarter

Dateearly 20th Century

MediumWood, cowrie shells, skin, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions40 9/16 x 4 in. (103 x 10.1 cm)

Object number1994.004.536

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
The Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 28, number 11.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1980.

Status

Not on view

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