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Authority staff (Orinka Orok)
Authority staff (Orinka Orok)

Authority staff (Orinka Orok)

Object number2000.10
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002. [Exhibition traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Frist Center for Visual Arts, but object not included.]
Credit LineGeneral Acquisition Fund
Dimensions22 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (56.8 x 4.4 cm)
MediumWood and ebony
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.874
Leadership staff
Tanzanian
19th-20th century
Object number: 99.62
Staff/Spear
Tanzanian
20th century
Object number: 2003.105
Staff: (Batume)
Object number: 74.29
Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff
ca. 1800
Object number: 54.76
Staff head
Object number: 81.17.258
Staff for Esu (Ogo Elegba)
Object number: 81.17.592
Dance staff
ca. 1890
Object number: 96.99