Description : YORUBA SHANGO CEREMONIAL STAFF, NIGERIA Carved wooden Ogo Elegba, the Yoruba trickster, shown here kneeling, carrying a traditional staff and food offerings, with elaborate headdress and cowrie shell fetish attachements, early to mid-20th c. (Exhibited in ''African Art: Nature, Man, and Vital Force from the Collection of H.B. Greene and Family,'' Richard Madigan, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Fl., 1975. Provenance: Private collection, South Carolina). Fair condition, loss to 1'' section of headdress, and minor decay to bottom. 19 1/2'' x 10 1/2'' x 3 1/2''
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About the lot N° 151 Title : Tribal, Period : 1975 Condition report : Fair condition Rago Arts and Auction Center, auctioneer, Lambertville, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Tribal Art Sale date : 01 Mar 2009It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale
