Ceremonial Staff (U'A)
Artist:
Unknown
Date: late- 18th-early- 19th century
Place made:Oceania
Medium: Wood
Dimensions:
l. 64 3/16 in. (163 cm); w. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 77.1097
Label Text
This staff is lozenge-shaped and the handle is carved in a crescent-shaped double Janus head. The eyes are set in sockets with projecting rims, indicating an ancestral iconography.
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In Collection(s)
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