Carved wooden staff with rattle at top

Carved wooden staff with rattle at top

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Carved wooden staff with rattle at top, carved in ligneous sections, top hollowed, rattling stick inside, finial shaped like ceremonies, Benin, Southern Nigeria, 1880-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A163767
Materials:
wood
type:
staffs
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)