Sacred Art & Iconography
Dance Staff for Esu (Cleveland Museum of Art, 2018.34)
Brass, Yoruba, Nigeria, 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art 2018.34
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A brass dance staff titled "Dance staff for Esu (Ogo Elegba)," Yoruba, Nigeria, 1800s. Esu is the orisha of the crossroads, communication and chance, whose presence is invoked at the start of ceremonies and whose dance staffs are carried by devotees at festivals. Held today by the Cleveland Museum of Art, African Art department, under accession 2018.34.
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Eshu, Figures The Cleveland Museum of Art's own title for this staff names the subject outright, "Dance staff for Esu," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
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