Staff
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Mossi style
Medium
Wood, fibre, seed pod, corn cob
Geography
Burkina Faso
Date
before 1961
Dimensions
H. 61.5 cm, W. 18.5 cm, D. 4cm
Object number
2009.126.131
Credit Line
Donated by Esther Amrad Dagan in memory of her daughter Halit, and in homage to unknown African artists
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
Staff terminating in a stylized bird head with long diagonal bill and flat geometrically shaped crest on top of head. Seed pod (snuff container) is attached to the head.
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