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Object Number
2004.24.14124
Display Title
Staff of office, porcupine cult
Descriptions
Object Description
Staff of office - porcupine cult. Africa: Tanganyika Territory. 5 x 7. Photograph by F. P. Orchard. 1936. Bantu stock - Wanyamwezi tribe. Cat. Nos.: H/1383
Subject
- Office
- Staff
- Ceremonial
- Cult
- Porcupine
Department
Photographic
Date
1936
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Nyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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| 2004.24.14116 | Staff of office with medicine shell, equipment |
Tanzania
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| 2004.24.14117 | Porcupine quill rattle, part of medicine man's equipment |
Tanzania
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| 30-66-50/H1383 | Staff of office, porcupine cult |
Staff
|
Tanzania
| |
| 2004.24.14122 | Belt with cowrie shells, all part of medicine man's equipment |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14113 | Lion skin strip including tail sewn with claws and shells, cowrie shell covered |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14114 | Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells, pair of strips of cowhide |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14128 | One drum of four drum orchestra |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14121 | Divining instrument, with folding wooden strips |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14126 | Divining bowl, and horn for divining bowl |
Tanzania
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| 2004.24.14127 | Water jar, pottery |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14120 | Ivory figurine, full face and profile, part of medicine man's equipment |
Tanzania
| ||
| 2004.24.14123 | Rain stick with eland tail, part of medicine man's equipment |
Tanzania
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