Shango Wand (Oshe Shango)

Place CreatedKwara, Nigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Ekiti region, Odo Owa

MediumWood

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions26 5/16 x 10 11/16 in. (66.8 x 27.2 cm)

Object number1999.003.024

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technqiue 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
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 29, number 13.

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

Status

Not on view

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