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ID number: BIRRC-D0176 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Double-axe staff (Ose sango) Object type: Axe
Place made: Ijebu Ode, nr Lagos, W. Nigeria Culture: Yoruba Materials: Wood Measurements: 46 x 15 cm
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Partially coloured in black and white. Carved for Europeans, as a non-traditional version of a sango worshipper's staff. Purchased in Lagos from the carver Thomas Ona of Ijebu Ode in the late 1930s. Bequested to the University by E.H. Duckworth in 1978.
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