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HOZ-201411

A Yoruba Diviner's Staff

Nigeria

113.0 cm (44.5 in)

Provenance

Sales Results

Lot 105, Sotheby's, New York — Jun 18, 2026
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 3,000–5,000
Sold: USD 7,040
USD 7,040

Publications

  • Henry John Drewal and John Pemberton III, with Rowland Abiodun, Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought, New York, 1989, p. 35, cat. no. 36

  • Frank Herreman, To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art, New York, 1999, p. 33, cat. no. 46, and back cover

  • Alisa LaGamma, Art and Oracle: Spirit Voices of Africa, New York, 2000, p. 54, cat. no. 30

Exhibitions

  • The Center for African Art, New York, Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought, September 20, 1989 - January 7, 1990; additional venues: The Art Institute of Chicago, February 10 - April 1, 1990; The National Museum of African Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 8 - August 26, 1990; The Cleveland Museum of Art, September 26 - December 9, 1990; The New Orleans Museum of Art, January 11 - March 24, 1991; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, April 23 - June 16, 1991

  • The Museum for African Art, New York, To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art, February 7 - August 31, 1997; additional venue: the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, D.C., February 18 - August 23, 1999

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art and Oracle: Spirit Voices of Africa, April 26 - July 30, 2000