Yoruba, Nigeria: A large 'Shango club' with very heavy sacrificial patina.
With ‘Shango clubs’, carried in one hand as a dance sceptre, the followers of the god ‘Shango’ usually take part in ceremonies, dances and processions in honour of their god. The traditional Yoruba people, 'Shango' is the god of thunder and lightning. He also embodies the legendary, deified 4th king (‘Oba’) of the Yoruba. His symbol is the ‘double axe’. The present, large 'Shango club' features a kneeling woman holding her breasts. Surmounted by the recognisable 'double axe' of the god ‘Shango’. The special quality of this item is the considerable sacred significance it manifestly had for the local Yoruba people. The present ‘Shango club’ was no longer used as a dance sceptre, but placed on the altar of a ‘Shango shrine’, where it was the recipient of sacrificial offerings for many years. Proof of this is the thick, encrusted sacrificial patina covering its whole surface. A highly interesting, in its present form very rare object. Between c. 1900 and the first half of the 20th century; H: 65 cm. (ME)
Provenance: American collection, Austrian private collection.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
24.03.2014 - 16:00
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Yoruba, Nigeria: A large 'Shango club' with very heavy sacrificial patina.
With ‘Shango clubs’, carried in one hand as a dance sceptre, the followers of the god ‘Shango’ usually take part in ceremonies, dances and processions in honour of their god. The traditional Yoruba people, 'Shango' is the god of thunder and lightning. He also embodies the legendary, deified 4th king (‘Oba’) of the Yoruba. His symbol is the ‘double axe’. The present, large 'Shango club' features a kneeling woman holding her breasts. Surmounted by the recognisable 'double axe' of the god ‘Shango’. The special quality of this item is the considerable sacred significance it manifestly had for the local Yoruba people. The present ‘Shango club’ was no longer used as a dance sceptre, but placed on the altar of a ‘Shango shrine’, where it was the recipient of sacrificial offerings for many years. Proof of this is the thick, encrusted sacrificial patina covering its whole surface. A highly interesting, in its present form very rare object. Between c. 1900 and the first half of the 20th century; H: 65 cm. (ME)
Provenance: American collection, Austrian private collection.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Tribal Art |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 24.03.2014 - 16:00 |
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