Carved wooden ceremonial staff

Made:
1871-1920
Carved wooden ceremonial staff

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Carved wooden ceremonial staff
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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
type:
staffs