Image: Brooklyn Museum 1992.133.4 Figure of Shango on Horseback

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Description: This figure has been attributed to the workshop of the renowned Yoruba carver Toibo, of the town of Erin. It was probably carved in the 1920s or 1930s for the timi (king) of Ede (one of the historic Yoruba kingdoms), who kept it in a shrine dedicated to the orisha (god) Shango. Equestrian figures are potent symbols of power in many parts of Africa where ownership of horses was long restricted to warriors and political leaders. In Yoruba mythology, Shango was both a king and the orisha associated with thunder and lightning.
Title: English: Figure of Shango on Horseback
Credit: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.133.4_threequarter_PS1.jpg
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