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Image Not Available for Ngata chieftain's coffin
Ngata chieftain's coffin
Image Not Available for Ngata chieftain's coffin

Ngata chieftain's coffin

Object number2009.53.2
Credit LineEstate of Rosa Ayer
Dimensions85 x 18 x 14 in. (215.9 x 45.7 x 35.6 cm)
MediumWood
Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff
Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff
ca. 1800
Object number: 54.76
Photo by Paul Macapia
Dupun (Hollow Log Coffin)
1997
Object number: 2005.153
Image Not Available for Kamangabbi miniature staff
Kamangabbi miniature staff
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1464
Photo: Paul Macapia
Ceremonial Canoe Paddle
Polynesian
Object number: 54.77
Initiation doll
Initiation doll
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1500
Image Not Available for Wand
Wand
Dan
Object number: 81.17.1731
Image Not Available for Wand
Wand
Dan
Object number: 81.17.1732
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Kafunda ya kutembele (ruler's staff)
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.874
Dance paddle (Kaidiba)
Dance paddle (Kaidiba)
Melanesian
early 20th century
Object number: 57.158
Image Not Available for Excision staff (solima bere)
Excision staff (solima bere)
Bamana
20th century
Object number: 97.63
Leadership staff
Leadership staff
Tanzanian
19th-20th century
Object number: 99.62
Staff/Spear
Staff/Spear
Tanzanian
20th century
Object number: 2003.105