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Staff-Rattle (Ntafu Maluangu)

Cultures: Kongo (Woyo subgroup); or Kongo (Yombe subgroup)
Medium: Wood, pigment, ferrous screw
Possible Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dates: 19th century
Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/4in. (47.6 x 7.3 x 5.7cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.476
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Front, 22.476_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Carved, standing Janus figure, light hardwood, staff-rattle. One side male, the other female. Both have bottoms of chins with scarification marks; headdresses that are mushroom-shaped; and ears in the forms of question marks. Male holds stick upright in hands in front of body. Running along one side, between the two bodies, is a large crack; several other cracks are on the staff below the Janus figure.

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