Object Number | 29-59-178 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bailundu | Kimbundu |
Provenience | Angola |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Brass |
Description | Round wooden stick. Two conjoined human heads; 2 elongated ears common to both heads; studded with brass nails; bird stands on the flattened top of the heads. "The double head may indicate that it represented the God of War or Columbo." Painted black. |
Height | 49 cm |
Length | 0 cm |
Width | 9 cm |
Depth | 7.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number | Mercer 22564 - Old Museum Number | 177 - Field No SF |
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