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Object Number
2011.19.28
Display Title
Wooden dance wand, black paint
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden dance wand, both ends painted black, end is pointed, tip is carved into a rectangular shape with alternating black paint, wood knots, some wood damage
Inventory Description
Stick, thin cylindrical wood, both ends painted black, end is pointed, tip is carved into a rectangular shape with alternating black paint
Classification
- Wand
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1967 or earlier
Culture
- Tutsi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Rwanda
Materials
Wood Paint
Dimensions
Other: 122.1 x 1 x 0.8 cm (48 1/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.28
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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