Staff
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Zaramo style
Medium
Wood, pigment
Geography
Tanzania
Date
before 1993
Dimensions
H. 53 cm, W. 4 cm, D. 2.5 cm
Object number
2009.126.135
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
Carved cermonial staff with standing female figure with extended arms. It is carved in conical, rectangular ring shape forms decorated with incised geometric linear motifs encrusted with white pigment.
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