Staff of office "kibango" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3045465
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Size
H: 139 cm
H: 54.7 inch
Description
wood, base
This staffs function as mnemonic text, their forms and designs constituting sculpted narratives. They encode information about lineage history, which may be read as texts.
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 162 ff.