Carved wooden staff with rattle

Carved wooden staff, with rattle incoporated into top

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Carved wooden staff, with rattle incoporated into top
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Carved wooden staff, with rattle incoporated into top, carved in ligneous sections, top hollowed for rattling stick, finial shaped like a human head, Benin, Southern Nigeria, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A243068
Materials:
wood
type:
staffs