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Staff
Object Number 990-5-50/12169
Display Title Staff
Descriptions
Object Description Staff
Inventory Description Carved wooden staff, decorated with red and white beads, zig-zag pattern.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hutu?
  • Tutsi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Wood, Bead
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 3 x 3.1 cm (23 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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