Staff

74-17-1

From: Sierra Leone

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 74-17-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mendi
Provenience Sierra Leone
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Human Head
Description

Wooden staff with human head. Upper part darkened. Long neck, eight ridges. Flat face, pointed at top. Lentoid eyes, semicircular smiling mouth, three vertical scarification marks each cheek. Elaborately carved headdress ending in V-shaped top.

Length 108.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 6.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Purchased from W. C. Bertolet, 1974

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