YORUBA STYLE SHANGO DANCE WANDS 2, NIGERIA

The Shango dance wands above have been judged as having been made for the art market. For Shango dance wands vetted as authentic please go to YORUBA SHANGO WANDS 1.

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

YORUBA SHANGO DANCE WANDS, Nigeria

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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