Preview
Culture
Yoruba people
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
7 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in ( 17.8 x 4.45 x 1.27 cm)
4.03 oz. (114.4 g)
Credit Line
Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020
Accession Number
2020.15
Provenance
Purchased by David P. Harris ('46) from Xanadu Gallery in San Francisco, CA on March 5, 1983.
Condition
One side of the piece is heavily weathered, all detail having been destroyed.
References
Brad Hostetler, with Ani Parnagian, "From Private to Public: The Collection of David P. Harris," in Ethiopian Objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection: Art, Context, and the Persistence of Form, eds. Brad Hostetler, and Lynn Jones, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 5–25. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/
Description
This short baton or sceptre, deep tan in color, shows twin figures seated back to back, their arms extended behind them so as to clasp each other around the belly. They wear rings around their necks and ankles; their hair is arranged in concentric bands. The very short handle of the piece consists of a carved ring, ball, and arrow shaped point.