Kafunda ya kutembele (ruler's staff)
Maker
Congolese
Object number81.17.874
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Museum for African Art, Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History, February 2 - September 8, 1996, 2/2-9/8/96; National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., 10/30/96 - 1/26/97; plus possible add'l venues
New York, New York, the Center for African Art, Perspectives: Angles on African Art, September 9, 1987 - January 3, 1988. Circuit: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2/27 - 4/26/87, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1/31 - 3/27/88Published ReferencesWoubshet, Dagmawi. "James Baldwin's Late Encounters with Africa." Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art Volume 42-43, no. November 2018: p. 231, reproduced.Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions40 15/16 x 6 3/4 x 1 13/16 in. (104 x 17.2 x 4.6 cm)
MediumWood, beads, natural fiber, and accretions
Object number: 81.17.596
Object number: 74.29
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