Shango Dance Staff (osé Sàngó)

Artist Yorùbá artist

Date20th century

MediumWood, beads, and string

Dimensions13 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (35.2 x 19.1 x 7 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Object numberGL.72.19.4

On View

On view

Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1973), group of objects on long-term loan listed 68.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, “Yoruba Art: A Living Tradition,” October 23, 1993-June 12, 1994.

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