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Esu Staff (Ogo Elegba)

Date:: 19th–20th century
Geography:: Nigeria
Culture:: Yoruba peoples, Oyo group
Medium:: Wood, beads, cowrie shells, string, cotton, indigo
Dimensions:: H. 12 1/2 x W. 2 1/8 x D. 4 in. (31.8 x 5.4 x 10.2 cm)
Classification:: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.300

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