A Yoruba brass edan staff

A Yoruba brass edan staff, cast as a seated male holding a pair of rods, his head with tight curl beard and coiffure, with piercing for bells, the rectangular support with similar piercings and inventory number 299, on an iron rod, 12¾in (32.5cm) high, on a later stand. (2)

Provenance:

Ex Gamage Collection, April 1960.

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.