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ID number: BIRRC-D0179 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: African Collection Artist / Maker: Ona, Thomas Title / Object name: Esu-style staff Object type: Staff Place made: Ijebu Ode, nr Lagos, W. Nigeria Culture: Yoruba Collector: Duckworth, E. H. Materials: Wood Measurements: 34 cm |
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In the form of a kneeling male figure with a horned cap curving backwards and holding a horned club and a bag. Stained black (except the handle). Carved for Europeans. Purchased in Lagos from the carver Thomas Ona of Ijebu Ode in the late 1930s. |
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