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The Shango dance wands below have been judged as having been made for the art market.
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The Shango dance wands above have been judged as having been made for the art market.
The Shango staffs below are sold and are left here for educational purposes.
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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