Sàngó Staff (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th-20th century
Yoruba
wood, brass
Nigeria, Republic of Benin
Overall: 18 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 3 in. (47.94 × 13.97 × 7.62 cm)
2005.36
From the Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Robbins, Warren M. and Nancy Ingram Nooter. African Art in American Collections Survey 1989. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press,1989. (page 235, plate 604)
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