Staff (Ogo Eshu Elegba)
Oyo-Yoruba people, Oyo Kingdom, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
20th century
Wood, cloth, and leather collar
Overall: 17 in. (43.18 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
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.
Divine Inspiration: from Benin to Bahia, Photographs by Phillys Galembo, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 17-April 21, 1996.
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.
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.
Publication History
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.
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1985, p. 68, no. 39.
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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