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Walking stick or staff
Object Number 04-45-50/64152
Display Title Walking stick or staff
Descriptions
Object Description Walking stick or staff
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, anthropomorphic head, carved and incised, brass stud deco
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Date 1904 or earlier
Culture
  • Umbundu
  • Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Benguela, 300 miles east of
Materials Wood, Brass
Dimensions Overall: 98.3 x 6.9 x 6 cm (38 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-45-50/64152
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1904
Provenance
Collector Rev. Henry A. Neipp (1898-1902 - 1904)

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