Wooden staff

This is a carved wooden staff. It has a round base at one end, and a female head, resembling a sowei mask with a segmented neck, at the other.

Further Information

• Type: Regalia
• Object: Wooden staff
• Materials: Wood
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 490mm [L] x 65mm [W] x 80mm [C]
• Production Date: Pre 1963
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Methodist Missionary Society
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.1963.13.33

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