YORUBA SHANGO DANCE WANDS ARCHIVES, NIGERIA

The Shango staffs below are sold and are left here for educational and research purposes.

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Yoruba Shango 11 16" high SOLD

Yoruba Shango 36 22" high SOLD

Yoruba Shango 37 21" high SOLD

Yoruba Shango 38 12.5" high SOLD

Yoruba Shango 50 7" high SOLD

Yoruba Shango 14 17" high SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

YORUBA SHANGO DANCE WANDS, Nigeria

In special festivals and processions, followers of Shango, the Yoruba god of thunder, carry dance wands, oshe shango, depicting a female devotee 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.

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