Yorùbá Dance Wand (19th or 20th Century)

A dance wand made of wood painted black in the form of a standing wooden female figure with arms at sides apart from torso; hands joined at hips; and feet and legs apart.

A Yorùbá (Igbomina subgroup) dance wand (oshe shango), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, pigment, 19 1/2 x 7 x 3 1/4 in. (49.5 x 17.8 x 8.3 cm). (Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Designated Purchase Fund, 79.27. Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CC BY)

AP African American Studies Guide

A Yorùbá Dance Wand, or Oshe Shango (19th or 20th Century)

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