Carved wooden staff with rattle at top
- Made:
- 1880-1930
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Carved wooden staff with rattle at top, carved in ligneous sections, top hollowed with rattling stick inside, finial shaped like a head, used in religious ceremonies, Benin, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A161451
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
height 1430 mm
rattle: diameter 53 mm
staff: diameter 57 mm
- type:
- staffs
- credit:
- Foster
