Staff (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–early 20th century
Dogon
Metalwork
Sculpture
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
iron
Place Made,Mali
Overall (a - staff): 35 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (90.17 × 19.05 cm)
Overall (b - ring): 1/8 × 1 in. (0.32 × 2.54 cm)
Overall (c - bell): 2 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (5.72 × 2.86 cm)
Overall (d - bell): 2 × 1 in. (5.08 × 2.54 cm)
2015.205
Not on view
Gift of Mona Gavigan
2019: "African Art: Power and Identity", Peninsula Fine Arts Center, January 26 - April 29, 2019
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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