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Object Number
30-36-50/B4792
Display Title
Ceremonial staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, carved wood, banded shaft, dual anthropomorphic heads at top
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bassa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
Liberia, Interior
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 145.4 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm (57 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-36-50\B \4792
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1930 - 1930)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1930)
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