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Staffs (edan Ogboni)
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Staffs (edan Ogboni)

Artist Unidentified
20th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueCopper alloy
DimensionsEach staff: 15 in. h x 2.75 in. w x 2 in. d
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.190
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
ProvenanceJune 1987, acquired in Nigeria and purchased by Charles Davis, Davis Gallery, New Orleans; August, 1987, sold by Davis Gallery to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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