Staff of Office
Unidentified Chokwe maker
Wood
Overall: 36 in. (91.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Paul S. Cantor, Class of 1960
181.22.26299
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
HIST 5.1, AAAS 14, Pre-Colonial African History, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Winter 2013
Provenance
Paul S. Cantor, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1981
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