Dance implement

Museum number:
5-4180
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004180
Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Dance implement (goadza [or gwadza] ngue and sec); elongate iron bar with sick-shaped tip; handle of wood socketed in end of blade; 65 cm long.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dance implement, accession number 5-4180, described as Dance implement (goadza [or gwadza] ngue and sec); elongate iron bar with sick-shaped tip; handle of wood socketed in end of blade; 65 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dance implement, accession number 5-4180, described as Dance implement (goadza [or gwadza] ngue and sec); elongate iron bar with sick-shaped tip; handle of wood socketed in end of blade; 65 cm long.

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