© Tim Hamill
YORUBA
SHANGO DANCE WAND 11
16" high
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This Shango dance wand has been vetted as authentic, with some evidence of age and use.
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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