Staff (male)

Museum number:
5-6285a
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2222
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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:
December 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Men (male humans)
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Staff (male), accession number 5-6285a, no description available.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Staff (male), accession number 5-6285a, no description available.

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