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Object Number 49-32-50/8532
Display Title Wooden staff of office?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, knobbed, finial top, tapering end, cracked
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Central?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 97.3 x 4.1 x 4 cm (38 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-32-50/8532
Credit Line Gift of Annie E. Pollock, 1949

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