Dance Wand – Wood – Shango – Yoruba – Nigeria

Unique Shango Dance Wand with 2 figures from the Yoruba tribe of 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.

Good condition with traces of wear and tear. The top part of the figures is the wood not stuck to each other.

Provenance: former private collection from the Netherlands.