Staff?
Maker
Unknown, Bamana (Bambara)
MediumWood
Dimensions30 H x 12.5 W x 13.5 D cm (w/stand 34 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust
Object numberAF2002.0590.COP
DescriptionStaff with two groups of three human heads. An animal figure (its head, shoulders and legs surviving) is at the top. Various configurations of crosshatching appears on the foreheads of the heads and on neck bands below the heads. as well as on rectangular areas (ears?) on the lower heads.
ClassificationsCeremonial
Exhibitions
Gender and Society in Africa
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