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Object Number
22-2-50/B2930.1
Display Title
Carved wooden staff
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved wooden staff
Inventory Description
Carved wooden staff, incised and punctate w/ shell inlay, human and animal figs.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Fang
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Wood, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 91 x 5.5 x 0.9 cm (35 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22-2-50/B2930.1
Provenance
Collector
George Schwab
(1922 - 1922)
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