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Object type
club
Materials
wood, metals > copper (and alloys) > brass
Legend
This prestigious club comes from an otchihuti (a container for relics) of a soma in the Moko region of Balombo. The item was of esele origin. These items which were sometimes closer to a walking stick than a club, could be decorated with a head, a torso, with or without arms, or a person walking.
Place of collecting
Angola > Benguela
Culture
Ovimbundu
Field collector
Robert Verly (°1901 - †1963)
Acquisition related person
Royal Museums for Art and History - Brussels, as exchange
Date of acquisition
1979-03-02
Dimensions
61,2 cm x 8,8 cm
Inventory number
EO.1979.1.144
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