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Wooden staff
Object Number 2011.19.25
Display Title Wooden staff
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden staff; dark brown, rounded top, bulbous bottom, some wood damage, unadorned
Inventory Description Staff, carved cylindrical wood, dark brown, rounded top, bulbous bottom
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Date 1965 or earlier
Culture
  • Maasai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Materials Wood
Dimensions Other: 94.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm (37 1/16 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.25
Credit Line Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)
Donor Donated by André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)

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