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Title: Figure (art); emblem
Description: Edan – one of a male and female pair of brass figures, usually on iron spikes and joined by a brass chain. The Yoruba edan is the primary emblem of the Ogboni Society. It is worn as an emblem of office with the connecting chain round the back of the neck and the two figures facing forward against the wearer’s chest. Publisher: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ Subjects: emblems
Yorùbá
figures (art)
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