Carrying Stick
Object Number:
29-59-181
Current Location:
Africa Gallery
Culture:
Masongo
Ambundu
Provenience:
Angola
Section:
African
Materials:
Wood
Description:
Round wooden stick; human head with very fine features beautifully carved. Headdress (or hair?) extends in a point out the back. The body just below the head is carved into 5 triangles on three of which human faces are represented.
Credit Line:
Collected by Amandus Johnson; Purchased from Henry C. Mercer
Other Number:
| 265 | - | Field No SF |
| 22570 | - | Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
African Gallery ( Aug 1995)
African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)
Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)
Bibliography:
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 25
[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: 138-139
[Article] Dougherty, Frank. 1986. African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News. : Page/Fig./Plate: 1
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