Staff finial

Museum number:
5-9923
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2677
Description:
Staff finial (?); wood carved, standing female figure atop "fence-like" panel of cane splints; 1.51
Donor:
Peter Wright
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Congo; Chokwe attrib.
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Peter Wright
Collection date:
before 1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Staff finial, accession number 5-9923, described as Staff finial (?); wood carved, standing female figure atop "fence-like" panel of cane splints; 1.51
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff finial, accession number 5-9923, described as Staff finial (?); wood carved, standing female figure atop "fence-like" panel of cane splints; 1.51Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff finial, accession number 5-9923, described as Staff finial (?); wood carved, standing female figure atop "fence-like" panel of cane splints; 1.51

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