Working photo | Photographer: Volker Linke | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Ose sango
Historical main catalogue: (Carved ceremonial axe of the god Shango.) Stylised human (female) figure with 2 thunderbolts ("ara-dung") on the head; painted red. H. 46,3 cm. North Yoruba
This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
Show only fields containing data
Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Yoruba
Object type
Ceremonial axe
Dimensions
Weight: 0,675 kg
Height: 47 cm
Width: 11 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Height: 47 cm
Width: 11 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 27256
Provenance and sources
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
who
Yoruba
Description
Purchase from Leo Frobenius 1912
Information about the record
Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated