Wand Item Number: 921/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A dark wood piece with a double back-to-back face on one end that has two triangular protrusions around the face and pointing upward. The stem of the handle has a horizontal triangular pattern all around surrounded by horizontal lines, four on the top and three on the bottom. Near the bottom, there is a circular rim with a loop at the end.
History Of Use
Shango dance wand. A dual personality known as a dancer and the energy of thunder, Shango originally took the form of a despotic human general. He is also known as the divinity of thunder and lightning. Shango is historically a royal ancestor of the Yoruba and was the third king of the Oyo Kingdom before his posthumous deification. This orixá is the centrepiece of the Lukumà religion of the Caribbean and is called Olokun mi ("my dear one"), as he represents the Oyo people of west Africa, the symbolic ancestors of all adherents of the faith.
Item History
- Made in Nigeria
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer before January 11, 1984
- Received from Alan R. Sawyer (Donor) and Erika H. Sawyer (Donor) on January 11, 1984
What
Who
- Culture
- Yoruba
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from
- Alan R. Sawyer (Donor) and Erika H. Sawyer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nigeria
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 11, 1984
- Acquisition Date
- on January 11, 1984
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 100
- Accession Number
- 0921/0005