YORUBA SHANGO DANCE WAND # 34

© Tim Hamill

Yoruba
Shango 34
18.5"
$1000

In special festivals and processions, followers of Shango, the Yoruba god of thunder, carry dance wands, oshe shango, depicting a female devotee with Shango's symbol, the double-headed axe. Shango is thought to control the great powers of nature as one of the orisha, or gods.

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