Staff Topped with Human Head and Decorated with Female Figure, 3 Snake Heads, and a Lizard
Unidentified Lobi maker
20th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 14 15/16 in. (38 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.53.27177
Geography
Place Made: Burkina Faso, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin, about 1950; to Valerie Franklin (daughter), 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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