Esu Staff (Ogo Elegba)
Object type: Staff
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Yoruba peoples, Ekiti group
Artist: Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè
Artist bio: Nigerian, Ekiti region, Odo Owa ca. 1885–1975 Odo Owa
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Nigerian
Date: 20th century
Medium: Wood, cowrie shells, hide
Dimensions: H. 16 1/2 x W. 2 5/8 x D. 8 1/2 in. (41.9 x 6.7 x 21.6 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:  Odo Owa   Nigeria  
Credit line: Gift of Martin L. Schulman, M.D., 1981
Accession year: 1981
Tags: Human Figures