Chokwe
Staff
Chokwe, 1900-1916
Scroll
Chokwe
Staff
Chokwe, 1900-1916
Physical Qualities
Wood, 30.5 H x 4.7 W x 6 D cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Betsey and Stanley Heuisler, Baltimore
Object Number
2001.427
Staff with Head of a Young Girl with elongated v-shaped coiffure, two crescent-shaped scars on each cheek; two double lines around neck and two double lines around upper shaft alternating with circular designs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; collected by John C. Wengatz, Methodist missionary in the Chokwe area for 27 years, who gave it to Harold Paul Sloan in 1918, grandfather of the donor, Betsey Heuisler.
BMA, 'New on View,' June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
