Carved wooden staff

Made:
180-1920
Carved wooden staff, ceremonial, straight handle

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Carved wooden staff, ceremonial, straight handle
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Carved wooden staff, ceremonial, straight handle, large flat diomand shaped paddle near top, finial in the form of a human head, Congolese(?), 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656772
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 1340 mm
diameter 200 mm
paddle: length 120 mm
paddle: width 120 mm
finial: width 59 mm
finial: thickness 31 mm
type:
staffs