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Object Number
29-43-50/B4753
Display Title
Wood scepter - horizontal hour-glass shaped end.
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff or club, carved wood, hourglass shaped head, tapered and cracked shaft
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bantu speaking peoples
- Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, South central
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 88.3 x 10 x 5 cm (34 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
29-43-50/B4753; 306
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-43-50/B4756 | Wood scepter - egg-shaped end |
Staff
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4755 | Wood scepter - hat ball - shaped end |
Staff
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4754 | Wood scepter - square club end |
Staff
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4761 | Long wooden scepter - mallet end |
Staff
|
Africa
| |
| 17-41-50/B1576 | Chief's scepter, female at one end, ivory ring at other |
Staff
|
Congo
| |
| 39-39-50/3628 | Comb - wood, "hour-glass" shaped handle, 8 tines (mapasuli) |
Comb
|
Uganda
| |
| 29-43-50/B4751 | Wood scepter - flat elongated saw-tooth edged circle of one end |
Unclassified
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4752 | Wood scepter - corrugated and spike end |
Unclassified
|
Africa
| |
| 30-65-50/H1241.1 | Scepters, gourd and bamboo |
Staff
|
Congo
| |
| 991-12-60/15067.1 | Brown Agate Ju-i Scepter (Broken) with Carved Fingus Motif |
Staff
|
China
| |
| 980-20-50/12043 | Flat metal knife, double bladed; blades are modified hour glass shaped (each dif |
Knife
|
Zaire
| |
| 18-12-30/F229 | Scepter |
Raw Material
Staff |
Maranhao
|