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, rattling stick inside, finial shaped like ceremonies, Benin, Southern Nigeria, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A163767
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
height 903 mm
diameter 42 mm
rattle: diameter 39 mm
- type:
- staffs
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
