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Wooden staff
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Object Number 2016.14.72
Display Title Wooden staff
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden staff with knobbed top
Inventory Description Staff, cylindrical, rounded at one end, multiple cracks throughout
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 2.9 × 124 × 1.8 cm (1 1/8 × 48 13/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.72
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Hopkins
Provenance
Collector Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (1962-1964)
Donor Donated by Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (6/30/2016)

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