| Object Number |
29-94-12 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Badjok |
| Provenience |
Angola | Kasai District |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood |
| Description |
Wooden prestige staff. Head with elaborate mitre-like headdress, representing a chief. |
| Length |
60 cm |
| Credit Line |
Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number |
010 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
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| Kochnitzky, Leon. Negro Art in Belgian Congo. 4th ed. New York: Belgian Government Information Center, 1948. Page/Fig./Plate: 91 See: p. 75 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. |
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| Wieschhoff, H. A. "I. Africa's History." The University Museum Bulletin XI, no. 1-2. (1945): 34-73. See: p. 23, fig. 7 |
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| Hall, Henry U. "The African Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 3, no. 6. (1932): 145-171. See: p. 154-155, pl. IV |
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