Carved wooden ceremonial staff
- Made:
- 1871-1920
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Carved wooden ceremonial staff, slender pole swollen towards end, pommel finial, carved with human figure below finial, Azande tribe, Northern Congo, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656768
- Materials:
- wood and leather, cuff
- Measurements:
-
height 1555 mm
max.: diameter 31 mm
figure: width 39 mm
figure: thickness 37 mm
- type:
- staffs
