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1930.58.30

Top of a staff with a carved European figure on the top. [SM (Verve) 12/05/2015]

1930.58.30

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Collection type
Object
Description
Top of a staff with a carved European figure on the top. [SM (Verve) 12/05/2015]
Long description
Top of a staff with a carved European figure on the top. The figure is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, jacket with four carved buttons, shirt, belt, trousers and shoes. The lower arms are both missing. There are two holes through the elbow section and another on the side of the figure's left arm. The end of the object has been roughly carved to a point. [SM (Verve) 12/05/2015]
Geographical reference
Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
Cultural groups
Luvale
Luchazi
Person
Field collector Thomas Stanley Fox Pitt
PRM source Thomas Stanley Fox Pitt
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1930
Date collected
By 1930
Acquisition information
Donated: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Stained
Dimensions
Width: max 61 mm, Length: max 695 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.58.30

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Staff

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