Yoruba Chango Dance Wand
Product ID: A2400-121
$2,495.00
About this piece
The blade is shaped like wings. The figure beneath it is on horseback.
Yoruba carvers of Nigeria, West Africa, made this Chango dance wand in wood in the 20th century. Dance wands of this type are associated with devotees of Shango, the Yoruba deity of thunder, and are commonly carried in ritual dance. A double-lobed blade crowns the staff, above a seated figure with raised, bent arms who rides an animal. The shaft below is plain and cylindrical. The wood is dark and glossy, worn smooth by long handling. A black metal stand supports it.
About 19 inches tall. Sleek and taller than it first appears.
