Object Number | 29-59-187 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ambundu |
Provenience | Angola |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Round wooden stick widening into a long oval section elaborately carved; above this a human head with headdress ending in a short projection at back and a hollow rectangle on top. The notes say - "used as a means of protection"; probably fetish as it does not seem to be a weapon. |
Length | 47.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number | Mercer 22572 - Old Museum Number | 235 - Field No SF |
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