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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chieftain's staff
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Chieftain's staff

Datelate 19th - early 20th century
Object number2018.18.1
Provenance[Moussa Diane, New York]; purchased by Georgia Sales, San Francisco, California, 1988
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineGift of Georgia Schwartz Sales
Dimensions25 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 in. (64.8 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm)
MediumWood and brass
Ceremonial Chieftain's Staff
ca. 1800
Object number: 54.76
Staff (Eshu)
Object number: 81.17.599
Female(?) figure
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.904
Mother and Child
Object number: 81.17.234
20th century
Object number: 2001.53
Bwete reliquary figure
Object number: 81.17.786
Reliquary Figure
20th century
Object number: 51.234
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2014.3
Photo: Paul Macapia
1920-75
Object number: 81.17.598