Staff, (Orisha Oko)

Date19th century

Culture of Origin Yoruba

Object number2007.212

Photo CreditPhoto by Tom Joyce

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998Published ReferencesDrewal, Henry John and John Pemberton III, and Rowland Abiodun. Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought. New York: Center for African Art, 1989 p.163-170 Fischer, Werner and Manfred A. Zimgibi, trans. David Miller. African Weapons: Knives, Daggers, Swords, Axes, Throwing Knives, Passan, Germany: Prinz-Verlag, 1978 p.12-13 Eyo, Ekpo and Frank Willett. Arts du Nigeria. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1997 p. 253 Thompson, Robert Farris. Yoruba at UCLA: Black Gods and Kings, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976 ch. 10 p.1-10

Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

Dimensions59 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (151.1 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm)

MediumIron, wood