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Pedestal 3 14" high $ 3000 |
 Yoruba Pedestal 12 14.5" high $ 3000 |
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Yoruba Pedestal 7 12.5" high $2000 |
 Yoruba Pedestal 8 14" high $1500 |
Photographs © Hamill Gallery
These shango pedestals have been vetted as being authentic, some with significant signs of use and age.
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Pedestal 3 14" high $ 3000 |
Yoruba Pedestal 12 14.5" high $ 3000 |
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Yoruba Pedestal 7 12.5" high $2000 |
Yoruba Pedestal 8 14" high $1500 |
YORUBA, SHANGO PEDESTALS, Nigeria
Placed on altars dedicated to Shango, the Yoruba god of
thunder, these objects that look like inverted mortars, depict
Shango or devotees of Shango along with Shango's
symbol, the double-headed axe. Shango is thought to control the great powers
of nature as one of the orisha, or gods. They are all
extremely heavy, of very dense wood, with only slight hollowing out on the
bottom. They were repositories for Shango's ashe, or spiritual
power. We have included them in our stool exhibition because of their size
and appearance; they seem appropriate as stools for a god.
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