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Object Number
2011.19.59
Display Title
Nun's staff
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden nun's staff; light brown, forked at the top, knots and cracks in the wood, smooth
Inventory Description
Staff, carved wood, light brown, forked at the top, knots and cracks in the wood, smooth
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Other: 127 x 7.4 x 0.9 cm (50 x 2 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.59
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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