Sceptre

29-59-192

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-59-192
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ambundu
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Round wooden stick elaborately carved. At the top 4 standing animal figures; below them a snake; 2 bands of rectangles; a lizard; a frog; a rounded band; 4 standing human (or animal?) figures. Is there some mythological significance?

Length 79 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927
Other Number Mercer 19645 - Old Museum Number | 115 - Field No SF

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