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Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff
Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff

Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff

Dateca. 1800
Object number54.76
Provenance[Carlebach Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), 1954
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (5.72 x 3.18 cm) L.: 51 1/2 in.
MediumInlaid wood
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
13th - 11th century B.C.
Object number: 43.9
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
Staff head
Object number: 81.17.258
Staff for Esu (Ogo Elegba)
Object number: 81.17.592
Authority staff (Orinka Orok)
Object number: 2000.10