Ceremonial staff made from the upper arm bone of a human

Made:
1851-1900 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people

Ceremonial staff made from the upper arm bone of a human, covered in gauze, decorated with conice shells, amuletic, smallpox ju-ju, Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657210
Materials:
bone, humorus of human, gauze, gum, ? material and cowrie
type:
human remains and staffs
credit:
Wellcome Trust