Carrying Stick

29-59-172

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-59-172
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ambundu
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Incised | Carved
Iconography Human Head | Bird
Description

Round wooden stick with 4 bands each of 3 incised lines around stick; human head; headdress which forms a loop down the back (somewhat like that of 29-59-165) is surmounted by a large bird.

Length 61.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927
Other Number Mercer 19630 - Old Museum Number | 75 - Field No SF

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