Artist Yoruba, African
Title
  • Staff for Eshu Cult (God of Chance)
Date between 19th and 20th century
Medium darkened wood, leather, and cowrie shells
Dimensions Overall: 19 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (48.9 × 8.3 × 23.5 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund
Accession Number 70.623
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
On View African N101, Level 1 (see map)
(Diane Jean Pierre);
1970-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)