Dance Wand (Oshe)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 2007
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Virginia Fleming
label: Donor Name
content: Virginia Fleming
notes: label: Notes
content: Wooden dance wand.Two points on top of wand and a face on both sides of the wand and a interlocking pattern on the handle.
label: Notes
content: Dance wands (oshe) were carried by Shango devotees during ritual occasions. The carved figure carries a thunder ax, the edun ara, symbol of the diety Shango, on its head.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2042499
label: USNM Number
content: E431924-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Wand
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 32 cm