Wedge or Chisel

African

  • Titles Wedge or Chisel (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 7 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (18.1 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.234
  • Work Type wedge or chisel
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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One of four staffs used to deliniate an area around a royal when he appears in public. Decorated with kneeling female figures with hands on breasts, alternated with knelling male drummers, at top birds and a python, below figures are quadrupeds, possibly goats, symbols of wealth.
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