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The smith and his god, the paired brass figures that carried the authority of the Ogboni society, the women who built pots without a wheel, the carved and burnt calabash, and the leather trades of Ilorin and Oyo.

Paired brass casting staffs of the Yoruba Ògbóni society, examining lost-wax metallurgy, gendered iconology, institutional judicial authority, and collection provenance.