File:Brooklyn Museum 22.1134 Staff Mvwala (3).jpg

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English: Staff (Mvwala)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Staff (Mvwala)
Description
English: Wooden staff of polished hardwood, finely patinated. Surmounted by carved figure of kneeling woman with child perched on her shoulder. Figures measure 4 1/2 inches from top below which are 12 inches of carved small human figures, birds, animals, and artifacts. The bottom 11 inches contain carved conventionalized designs. This staff was cut down from a longer staff. It represents the top 27 1/2 inches of that longer object. Overall surface is worn. Object is cracked at the bottom.
Date
English: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions 29 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4in. (73.7 x 3.2 x 3.2cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection Great Hall, 1st Floor
Accession number
22.1134
Credit line Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Lower Congo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • possible Place made: Republic of the Congo
  • possible Place made: Lower Congo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1134_detail3_PS5.jpg
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