Unidentified
Staff with Bells
18th-19th cenury
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Category
Culture
Dogon Peoples
Place Made
Mali
Materials
Wrought iron
Measurements
22 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/4 in (57.15 x 22.86 x 3.175 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret and Herman Colomb
Accession #
2016.195.5
Description
Iron staff with scythe-like curved blade at top, with two sets of two bells hanging on rings from the base of the blade and the tip. Between the bells hanging from the blade's tip is another blade, smaller and hook shaped.