Staff (Ogo Eshu Elegba)
Unidentified Oyo-Yoruba maker
20th century
Wood, cloth, and leather collar
Overall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Overall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall
S.973.314
Geography/Culture
Africa, Western Africa, Nigeria
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
Classification
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 17, AAAS 83.5, African Religions of the Americas, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
Exhibition History
The Ritual Context of African Art, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 1-September 1, 1975.
Recent Acquistions, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 17-27, 1974.
Point of View: Africa on Display?, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1, 2003- February 22, 2004.
Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Anthropology 44, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29-December 18, 1994.
Divine Inspiration: from Benin to Bahia, Photographs by Phillys Galembo, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 17-April 21, 1996.
Publication History
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1985, p. 68, no. 39.
Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 21.
Provenance
Merton Simpson Gallery, New York, New York; sold to Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005), New York; given to present collection, 1973.
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