A Yoruba Shango staff, Nigeria

the finial with a female figure with two children at her breast and one at the back, all wearing beaded necklaces, the celt adorned with brass tacks; reddish brown patina.

Samuel Dubiner, Tel Aviv
Acquired from the above on August 8, 1966

Belazel National Museum, Jerusalem, African Art: Collection Samuel Dubiner, August 7 - October 7, 1960
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, African Art in Westchester from Private Collections, April 24 – June 6, 1971

Belazel National Museum (ed.), African Art: Collection Samuel Dubiner, Jerusalem, 1960, cat. 89
Douglas Fraser, Primitive Art, London, 1962, p. 40, fig. 11
The Hudson River Museum (ed.), African Art in Westchester from Private Collections, New York, 1971, cat. 139

Good condition overall. A repair at the center of the celt; fragile surface in areas of the celt possibly from old insect damage.
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