Ogboni Society Staff with Figure of Woman Nursing a Child (Ipawo Ase)

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Caption

Yorùbá. Ogboni Society Staff with Figure of Woman Nursing a Child (Ipawo Ase), late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, iron, 9 1/16 x 14 in. (23.0 x 35.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 61.246. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Yorùbá

Title

Ogboni Society Staff with Figure of Woman Nursing a Child (Ipawo Ase)

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Nigeria

Medium

Copper alloy, iron

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

9 1/16 x 14 in. (23.0 x 35.5 cm)

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

61.246

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