Artist Yoruba, African
Title
  • Shango Scepter
Date 19th or 20th century
Medium Carved wood
Dimensions Overall: 13 1/8 × 3 5/8 × 2 3/8 inches (33.3 × 9.2 × 6 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase
Accession Number F73.164
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
On View African: Yoruba Spiritual Life, Level 1 (see map)
(K. Toure);
1973-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)