Staff of office (ntum)

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Object Number 27-35-50/B4339

Display Title Staff of office (ntum)

Descriptions

Object Description Staff of office (ntum) formerly carried by all the head men. made of a frond of a wine palm.

Inventory Description Staffs, bamboo, incised and pigmented geometric, human and zoomorphic motifs

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bene

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Metat Region

Materials Bamboo, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 122.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm (48 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 27-35-50/B4339

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