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Diviner’s Scepter

2012.10.0326

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Artifact Identification Diviner’s Scepter   (2012.10.0326)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 20th century
Culture Nuna
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 38.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 1.75 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 128 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Art of the Upper Volta Rivers. C. Rox Alain & Francoise. Chaffin, France, unknown date.

Kamer, Henri. Haute Volta: Sopeba 15th African Exhibition. Belgium, 1973.

Roy, Christopher and Thomas Wheelock. Burkina Faso: Land of the Flying Masks. The Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection. Prestel: New York, 2007.

Sculptures des Trois Volta. G. Massa. J-C Lauret. Sepia, Societe des Amateurs de L’Art African.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz
Reproduction No

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