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Stave

Culture: Luba
Medium: Wood
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 66 x 3 1/2 x 4in. (167.6 x 8.9 x 10.2cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.205
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund.
Image: Detail, 22.205_detail_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Wooden staff: male head at top with plaited beard, full coiffure. Back lock of hair broken off. Shaft spirally wound with punched copper stripping. Lozenge-shaped form has male heads with beards at each end, on each side, and opposite each other... the beards touching. Condition: Good

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