Staffs

Museum number:
5-6285a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056285a@2cb
Alternate number:
20a,b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
staffs; cast bronze; on extended iron pikes; a) male, holding a fowl; b) female, holding a nursing child; a) & b) chained together; h. ea. 30 cm.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ibadan; Yoruba (Murdock 31:31) Purch. from Yoruba trader in Ibadan
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
Dec., 1965
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office and 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
used for Ogboni [handwritten on card: Society] worship. [handwritten on card: Ogboni cult]
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
each— height 30 centimeters
Comment:
File Code: 5.1 [handwritten on card: + 3.1] Photo: 25-6673
Loans:
S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968) and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Staffs, accession number 5-6285a,b, described as staffs; cast bronze; on extended iron pikes; a) male, holding a fowl; b) female, holding a nursing child; a) & b) chained together; h. ea. 30 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staffs, accession number 5-6285a,b, described as staffs; cast bronze; on extended iron pikes; a) male, holding a fowl; b) female, holding a nursing child; a) & b) chained together; h. ea. 30 cm.

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