- Object name(s):
- staff, Nigerian iron; staff
- Brief description:
- Iron staff; a long, thin staff, square in cross section, with a pointed end. The staff has four sections of wrapped wire decoration, and the rest is incised with chevron and zig zag decoration. The staff ends in a two-pronged decorative design
- Collection:
- Norfolk Museums
- Acquisition method:
- untraced find
- Associated concept:
- Eth Ethnology
- Associated concept:
- ethnography
- Condition:
- good
- Current location:
- Not on display - In store
- Material:
- iron and metal wire
- Object component name:
- whole staff
- Object component information:
- 1439mm
- Object component name:
- pronged top
- Object component information:
- 18mm
- Object component information:
- 42mm
- Object component name:
- shaft
- Object component information:
- 9mm
- Object name:
- staff, Nigerian iron; staff
- Object number:
- KILLM : 2004.51
- Object production note:
- Seen by D.L. Jones, Assistant Keeper of Human History, Ipswich Museums on 4.5.1978 and identified as an iron staff of the Ibo tribe of southern Nigeria. The insignia shows a junior grade in the Ozo title society. The item may be from the Crosse collection
- Object production place:
- Nigeria
- Other number:
- Eth SBS 16
- Other number type:
- previous number
- Responsible department/section:
- Lynn Museum
- Technique:
- handmade
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f790e2a5-492e-3135-a24c-865bbdff5815
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f790e2a5-492e-3135-a24c-865bbdff5815, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC
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