Large carved wooden staff with rattle

Large carved wooden staff, with rattle at top

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Large carved wooden staff, with rattle at top
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Large carved wooden staff, with rattle at top, carved in ligneous sections, top hollowed for stick (missing), finial shaped like human head, worm eaten, Benin, Southern Nigeria, 1880-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A106309
Materials:
wood
type:
staffs
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)