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Object Number
17-41-50/B1570
Display Title
Staff of office
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, wood, carved head and headdress, metal wrapped spiral shaft, ovoid end
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Luba
- Urna Numba Kudja
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Democratic Republic of Congo, southern
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 155.7 x 15 x 7.2 cm (61 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B1570
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1880's-1890's)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1917)
Donor
Prof. A. C. Coolidge
(July 1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(July 1917)
Donor
Mrs. George P. Howe
(July 1917)
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