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Staff
Object Number 990-5-50/12181
Display Title Staff
Descriptions
Object Description Staff
Inventory Description Staff, wood, incised diamond pattern with black pigment, bulbous end
Classification
  • Staff
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hutu?
  • Tutsi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 105 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm (41 5/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12181
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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