Photographs © Tim Hamill
YORUBA
Staff 40
8
" wide x 29" high x 7.5" deep
$500
SOLD
Exhibited at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia
This staff has been vetted as authentic, but newer, since it is cut, not forged.
These iron staffs, surmounted by birds and dedicated to Osanyin, deity of herbal medicine, promoted healing and discouraged witchcraft. The birds honor the powers of elderly women, who could transform themselves into birds, to gain their support in the healing. The staffs were placed in the ground next to the ailing person. Price includes base.
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