Cane with coiling snake

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Object Number 32-61-50/B5193

Display Title Cane with coiling snake

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved wood staff, knobbed and incised grip, carved snake spiralled down shaft

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Antandroy

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Madagascar

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 91.4 x 3.3 x 3.5 cm (36 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 32-61-50/B/5193; (186592); 2365

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