Carved wooden ceremonial staff
- maker:
- Tsimshian people
Carved wooden ceremonial staff, hollow pole filled with seeds for rattling effect, culminates in mythological head topped by representation of the "copper", Tsimshian tribe, North West coast, Canadian, 1871-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A10663
- Measurements:
-
height 1530 mm
head: height 360 mm
staff: diameter 69 mm
head: width 80 mm
copper: width 121 mm
- type:
- staffs
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