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unknown Yoruba
Yoruba Primary

Edan Ogboni (Pair of Figurated Staffs)

20th century

Copper Alloy

figure
10 13/16 in. x 2 3/16 in. x 1 3/4 in. (27.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 4.5 cm)

Gift of Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953

Bryn Mawr College

Accession Number: 99.3.95.a-b

Other Number(s): 33 (154) (Neufeld Collection Number)

154 (Sotheby's Lot Number)

Acquisition Date: 12/17/1997

Geography: Africa, Nigeria

Classification: Ceremonial and Performance Artifacts; Ritual Objects

Culture/Nationality: Yoruba, Nigerian, West African, African

Collection: Neufeld Collection

Description: The Ogboni society is one of the most prominent associations in Yorubaland, consisting of female and male elders who are responsible for ensuring that the leader does not abuse his power. Pairs of these brass figures are commissioned whenever a new member is inducted into the society. Always comprised of a male and a female figure, the brass pair represents the male and female founders of the Ogboni society and their ability to work together as one body and the necessary balance they provide to the wider community. Unlike other ritual symbols belonging to the Ogboni society, edan are allowed to be viewed by the general public. Imbued with ashe (spiritual power or life force), the edan have the ability to provide protection to the wearer and to relay messages.

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African*, Nigerian, West African*, Yoruba

African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Nigerian
West African - Styles and cultures from the region comprising the westernmost area of the African continent, defined by the United Nations as including the modern nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Yoruba

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Exhibiting Africa: Ways of Seeing, Knowing, and Showing Bryn Mawr College , Jan 25, 2017 – Mar 5, 2017
Enid Cook Center Grand Opening Exhibition Matt Feliz , Aug 21, 2015 – Dec 20, 2015
Rare Gifts: An Exhibition in Celebration of the Library's Friends Bryn Mawr College , Sep 19, 2014 – Jan 30, 2015
African Images, Western Imageries: Collecting and Recollecting African Bryn Mawr College , Sep 26, 1999 – Jun 15, 2000

Dimensions

figure Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in. (27.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm)

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Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Ownership End Date: 12/17/1997

Bibliography List

The following Bibliography exist for this object:

Important Tribal Art Sotheby's . New York, NY, 1989
Figure Number: 154
Gina Siesing, "From the Director," Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 18 (Fall 2015): 3.

Comparanda List

The following Comparanda exist for this object:

"African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0103711.
"African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0103897.

Related Bibliography List

The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:

Tom Phillips, ed. Africa: The Art of a Continent (Munich; London; New York: Prestel Verlag and Royal Academy of Arts, 1999), 416-417. Figure Number: 5.78a
"ÌMỌ̀ DÁRA." (Accessed May 10, 2020): Imodara.com. https://www.imodara.com/discover/nigeria-yoruba-edan-ogboni-osugbo-staff/.
Stefan Eisenhofer, ed. Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika: Tradition und Moderne in Südnigeria (Linz, Austria: des Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseums, 1977), 218-231.
Hans Witte, Earth and the Ancestors: Ogboni Iconography (Amsterdam: Gallery Balolu, 1988),

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West African

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