Carved wooden staff or cult-stare

Carved wooden staff or cult-stare

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Carved wooden staff or cult-stare
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Carved wooden staff or cult-stare, cylindrical rod with cone-shaped head, possibly phallic, Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657208
Materials:
wood
type:
staffs
credit:
Johnson, C.G.