Shango Mazo
Sunday, May 4th, 2008This mazo was made by Babalade for Shango.
It is made of glass, wood, bone and tiger eye.
It is not for sale
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This mazo was made by Babalade for Shango.
It is made of glass, wood, bone and tiger eye.
It is not for sale
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The main tassel and house show greater detail.
This mazo was made for Nana Baruku by Babalade.
It is made entirely of glass beads. Note the variegated black and pink beads throughout. It is 30 inches long. The tassels are 9 1/2 inches long from the top of the gloria. It weighs just over 3 1/3 pounds.
There are eight houses and seven tassels. There are ten strands in the frame and tassels, with 20 strands in the main tassel.
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This mazo was made for Shango.
It is made of glass beads with bone turtles embedded in the glorias. It is 30 inches long. The glorias are 9 1/2 inches from the top of the glorias. It weighs around 3 3/4 pounds.
There are eight houses with six tassels. There are ten strands in the frame and tassels, with twenty strands in the main tassel.
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This mazo was made for Yemoja Mojelewu by Babalade.
It is made of glass and crystal beads. It is 34 1/2 inches long. The tassels are 10 1/2 inches long from the top of the gloria. It weighs just under four pounds.
There are eight houses with seven tassels. The frame and tassels have ten strands, with twenty strands in the main tassel.