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ClassificationsAfrican Art

Shango Wand (Oshe Shango)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Oyo, Ibadan, Idi Aro quarter (?)

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

MediumWood

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions16 in. (40.6 cm)

Object number1994.004.309

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 15, 1980
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 30, number 16.

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

Status

Not on view

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