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Yoruba Dance wand (ogo Elegba)

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Object Name: Dance wand (ogo Elegba)

Artist: Unknown

Culture: Yoruba peoples

Place of Origin: Nigeria

Date/Era: Collected prior to 1958

Medium/Materials: Wood, covwrie shells, leather, indigo

Dimensions: H: 37 cm

Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum purchase.

Accession Number: X64.311

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Source: Marla C. Berns, World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, 2014

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