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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9792608, member: 8267&quot;]Looking at this again, the handle is very similar to Yoruba (Nigeria) dance wands used in ceremonies to honor the Gods Shango and Eshu - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]485375[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.sftribal.com/product/dance-wand-yoruba-people-nigeria/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sftribal.com/product/dance-wand-yoruba-people-nigeria/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sftribal.com/product/dance-wand-yoruba-people-nigeria/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]485378[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12656" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12656" rel="nofollow">https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/12656</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But these are usually carved in one piece, with figures and attributes of the deity being honored. I have not found a dance wand with an inserted blade similar to yours. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still think it is probably a marriage, but it might have had a use similar to a dance wand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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