Asen

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Ritual staff

The ritual staffs, called ase or ashe, are deployed as a portable altar, which is placed in the floor of an asenxo (ase-house), where deceased family members are commemorated at annual ceremonies. In front of the ritual staff, the living meet the dead, talk to them and make offerings to them.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Asen
Object type
Medizinprodukt
Dimensions
Höhe: 750.0 mm, Durchmesser: 150.0 mm
Material/Technique
Sheet iron
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/0862

Provenance and sources

when
1880 - 1901

when
20.09.1902

where
Sokoto (location/origin)
Nigeria (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)

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