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ID number: BIRRC-D0028 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Linked standing male figures Object type: Sculpture Place made: W. Yoruba region, possibly Dahomey (R. du Benin) Culture: Yoruba Collector: Danford, John Materials: Wood, stained with indigo Measurements: 35 cm |
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Wearing tunics and carrying staffs associated with the worship of Sango, the Yoruba deity of thunder and lightning. The heads of the two figures which stand on a common base support a monkey figure. Collected prior to 1957. |
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| Danford, John 1913 1970 | |
| Unknown | |
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