Staff Item Number: 1198/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long staff with metal wire wrapped around bottom and human figure at the top. Human figure has geometric designs on head to indicate hair(?), oval shaped eyes, long nose, small ears, and small mouth. Body of figure is slightly wider than the rest of the cane and has four bands of engraved triangular and diagonal designs around entire body. Two slender serpents are wrapped around the top half of the staff and their heads rest to the side of the figure.
Narrative
The staff was previously owned by the donor's father, Reverend Banfield, who was a missionary, mainly in West Africa, from 1901 to c. 1930. He worked for many years among the Nube people in interior Nigeria.
Item History
- Made in Nigeria ? before 1930
- Owned by Alexander Banfield before 1949
- Owned by Althea Fullerton before February 26, 1987
- Received from Althea Fullerton (Donor) on February 26, 1987
What
- Name
- Staff
- Identification Number
- 1198/1
- Type of Item
- staff
- Material
- wood and copper metal ?
- Overall
- height 3.8 cm, width 5.1 cm, depth 83.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Nupe ?
- Previous Owner
- Alexander Banfield and Althea Fullerton
- Received from
- Althea Fullerton (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nigeria ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Ownership Date
- before 1949 and before February 26, 1987
- Acquisition Date
- on February 26, 1987
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1198/0001