Untitled

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.59

Description

The top part of a staff that has been broken off and mounted on a base. At the top is a carved face with a pointed chin and hat or hair on top of the head.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Acquisition

Accession

2001.50-175

Source or Donor

May Weber

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

No date

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Ovimbundu

Notes

Angola/Republic of Congo, Africa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

Ovimbundu, Central African (cultural or regional style), African (general, continental cultures), scepters, symbols of office, identifying artifacts, information artifacts, information forms (objects), staffs (walking sticks), walking sticks, personal equipment, equipment, royalty (nobility), nobility, aristocracy (social class), upper class, social classes, social groups, groups of people, people (agents)

Hierarchy Name

Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), People (hierarchy name)

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Objects Facet, Agents Facet

Dimensions

Width

4.445 cm

Depth

5.08 cm

Length

17.78 cm