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Object Number
2008.11.2
Display Title
Leadership staff, wood with ivory tip
Descriptions
Object Description
Leadership staff, dark wood with ivory tip; at opposite end: bands of ivory, reddish wood?, dark wood, ivory cap end; wood cracked at tip end
Inventory Description
Staff, dark wood, cylindrical, tapered to point, ivory both ends
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1967-1969 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Central African Republic
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Bangui
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 1.9 x 1.65 cm (22 7/16 x 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2008.11.2
Credit Line
Gift of Kevin & Linda Burke
Provenance
Collector
J. Kevin Burke
(1967-1969 - 7/17/08)
Donor
Linda Burke
(1967-1969 - 7/17/2008)
Donor
J. Kevin Burke
(1967-1969 - 7/17/08)
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