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Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bambara
Accession Number
2001/2.7
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 11.56784
Primary Keywords
bamana
canes
ceremonial staffs
staff
staff weapons
woodwork
Title
Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg
Artist
Master AG
Artist Life Dates
(active 1475 - 1490)
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
1482
Accession Number
1984/2.42
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
relevance
rank 10.82937
Primary Keywords
angel
coat of arms
figures
figures (representations)
lions
staff
staffs (staff weapon components)
winged
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.11
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.49
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania, Nyumwesi
Accession Number
2001/2.31
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.74
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Accession Number
2001/2.35
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Sierra Leone, Mende
Accession Number
2001/2.71
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Ceremonial Staff
Artist
Melanesian, Solomon Islands
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1970/2.114
Medium and Support
painted wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Beninese, Fon
Accession Number
2001/2.57
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.29
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Guinea, Grebo
Accession Number
2001/2.10
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kwase
Accession Number
2001/2.52
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
Accession Number
2001/2.69
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igbo
Accession Number
2001/2.43
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Wassangola
Accession Number
2001/2.55
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
Object Creation Date
1900-1950
Accession Number
2001/2.40
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.68
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Accession Number
2001/2.12
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.60
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.73
Medium and Support
wood with beads, cloth and twine
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession Number
2001/2.54
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Guinea Bissau, Baga
Accession Number
2001/2.4
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Limba
Accession Number
2001/2.34
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 8.02089
Primary Keywords
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.9
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
figures
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
Accession Number
2001/2.27
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Holo
Accession Number
2001/2.18
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
figures
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, N'Sapo
Accession Number
2001/2.21
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania, Vinza
Accession Number
2001/2.28
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
figures
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Helle
Accession Number
2001/2.20
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania, Nyumwesi
Accession Number
2001/2.13
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
Accession Number
2001/2.26
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Makonde
Accession Number
2001/2.15
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Accession Number
2001/2.17
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kusu
Accession Number
2001/2.14
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
head
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
Accession Number
2001/2.32
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.93072
Primary Keywords
figures
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Accession Number
2001/2.16
Medium and Support
wood with animal hide
relevance
rank 7.84256
Primary Keywords
birds
head
staff
Title
Scenes of Martyrdom and Monastic Figures
Artist
Johan Wierix
Artist Life Dates
c.1549-after 1615
Century
Late 16th or early 17th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1549-1615
Accession Number
1966/1.97
Medium and Support
pen, ink and wash on white paper
relevance
rank 7.84256
Primary Keywords
shield
staff
trees
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Zulu peoples South Africa
Physical Description
Slightly curved staff, topped by two snakes spiraling around each other, followed by an open-worked carving of three smaller "pillars" set between ornamental carved elements above and below. On the lower half of the staff are a series of carved, protruding knobs distributed around all sides of the shaft between carved ornamental bands.
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
2001/2.56
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
staff
staffs (walking sticks)
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Short stick with a dark shiny patina, topped by a standing, male figure, wearing a European-style suit and brimmed hat, carrying a small box in his hands; followed by a standing female figure, unclothed, carrying a child on her back. Below are smaller figures, on either side respectively: a keeling figure, a turtle, and a bird; a brid, a turtle, a ram's horn and an ornamental motif, possibly a cross.
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.64
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
ceremonial staffs
figurines
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Janus heads with elaborate headgear top a staff with a long, thin shaft and broader hourglass-shaped sections with a stylized human head in the middle of each one. The staff is covered with carved geometrical patterns of triangles, lozenges and lines, and ends in a metal-coiled tip at the bottom; it is heavy and has a shiny black patina.
Object Creation Date
1900-1940
Accession Number
2001/2.75
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
ceremonial staffs
heads
staff
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Title
Male Figure
Artist
Alphonse Maria Mucha
Artist Life Dates
1860 - 1939
Century
19th century
Accession Number
2000/2.170
Medium and Support
graphite on wove paper
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
clothed
males
staff
standing
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples Democratic Republiic of the Congo
Physical Description
Elaborately carved staff with angular forms along the shaft and topped with a figurine with a rounded head, heart-shaped face and two stylized arms resting on the stomach. A large Z-shaped handle is carved in the middle of the shaft, with a series of cubes and conical forms above and beneath it.
Object Creation Date
1930-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.36
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
figurines
initiations
staff
staffs
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Smooth staff, topped by a standing, slightly elongated, rectangular male figure with angular curves at the elbows and buttocks and the hands held in front of the stomach, just below the navel (the left arm is damaged). The big feet are carved as one piece, with small incisions for the individual toes.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.47
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
ceremonial staffs
figurines
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
Accession Number
2001/2.70
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
canes
hemba
staff
woodwork
Title
Staff
Artist
African, Tanzania, Zigua
Accession Number
2001/2.66
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
canes
staff
woodwork
zigula
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Elaborately carved staff with, from the top: a male figure wearing Western-style clothes, with painted eyes, eyebrows, mouth, moustache, hat and clothes, sitting on a simple stool, resting his hands on his knees; a U-shaped snake on one side and a mortar on the other; a pair of a male and a female figure on either side (the male is standing on one leg, bending the other at the knee to make a triangle); a dark black spherical form; a row of three turtles on one side and two salamanders and a frog on the other; and finally three outstretched snakes (painted yellow, brown and red, respectively), one of them eating a small frog.
Object Creation Date
1900-1970
Accession Number
2001/2.42
Medium and Support
wood, paint
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
ceremonial staffs
figurines
staff
Title
A Montenegrin Chieftain
Artist
Théodore Valério
Artist Life Dates
1819-1879
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1839-1879
Accession Number
1895.102
Medium and Support
oil on canvas mounted on board
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
mountains
rifle
rocks
staff
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Two carved female figures, holding one arm over each other's back, an the other resting on the stomach decorated with lozenge motifs and scarification patterns; one figure is wearing a rope around the middle. A curving shaft supports the figures, broadening from the metal tip at the bottom into two bulging forms, divided by a dark black line through the middle, and covered in a carved pattern of triangles and lines on both front and back. The staff is heavy, with a nice shiny patina.
Object Creation Date
1900-1940
Accession Number
2001/2.76
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
ceremonial staffs
staff
women
Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Rotze
Accession Number
2001/2.72
Medium and Support
wood with metal
relevance
rank 7.75633
Primary Keywords
canes
metal
staff
woodwork
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