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Ceremonial staff

early 20th century
Object PlaceSwaziland
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsOverall: 96 cm (37 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Fund for African Art
Accession number2013.880
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
ProvenanceBy the 1970s, Peter Miller, Cape Town, South Africa; between the mid-1970s and 1980, sold by Peter Miller to Udo and Waltraut Horstmann, Johannesburg, South Africa and Zug, Switzerland; 2013, sold by Udo and Waltraut Horstmann to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
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