Diviner's Staff with Single Bird (Opa Orere)
Unidentified Yoruba maker
20th century
Iron
Overall: 57 in. (144.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
996.10.30232
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
Exhibition History
Divine Inspiration, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 17-April 21, 1996.
Provenance
African dealer, date unknown; sold to Affrica, Washington, D.C.; sold to present collection, 1996.
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