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Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff
Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff

Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff

Dateca. 1800
Maker New Zealander
Maker Maori
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
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Zaire
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Photo: Paul Macapia
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Chinese
13th - 11th century B.C.
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Image Not Available for Kamangabbi miniature staff
Kamangabbi miniature staff
Melanesian
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Kafunda ya kutembele (ruler's staff)
Luba
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Image Not Available for Excision staff (solima bere)
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Malian
20th century
Object number: 97.63
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Leadership staff
Tanzanian
19th-20th century
Object number: 99.62
Staff/Spear
Staff/Spear
Tanzanian
20th century
Object number: 2003.105
Staff: (Batume)
Staff: (Batume)
Bobo
Object number: 74.29
Staff head
Staff head
Guro, Cote d'Ivoire
Object number: 81.17.258
Staff for Esu (Ogo Elegba)
Staff for Esu (Ogo Elegba)
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.592
Authority staff (Orinka Orok)
Authority staff (Orinka Orok)
Maasai
Object number: 2000.10