Wooden effigy walking stick

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Object Number 33-28-50/113

Display Title Wooden effigy walking stick

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden effigy walking stick

Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, human figure in tophat on knobbed spiral handle

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bantu speaking peoples
Matabele?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Victoria Falls, near

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 101.3 x 4.1 x 4.4 cm (39 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 33-28-50/113

Credit Line Gift of Dr. J. H. Sandground, 1933

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