Staff

Museum number:
5-15567
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4588
Description:
Staff (or cane?) top, wood. Figure of a seated chief with elongated torso, diminutive legs, and elaborate headdress/crown. Round stool for base. Height 18.6 cm, Width 3.3 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Chokwe. Possible tourist reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Zaire; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection date:
1985
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 5-15567, described as Staff (or cane?) top, wood. Figure of a seated chief with elongated torso, diminutive legs, and elaborate headdress/crown. Round stool for base. Height 18.6 cm, Width 3.3 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Chokwe. Possible tourist reproduction.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 5-15567, described as Staff (or cane?) top, wood. Figure of a seated chief with elongated torso, diminutive legs, and elaborate headdress/crown. Round stool for base. Height 18.6 cm, Width 3.3 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Chokwe. Possible tourist reproduction.

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