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Baton

Kuba; Nkutchu

Artwork Details

Baton
1900-1984
Kuba; Nkutchu
wood
20 1/4 in x 2 1/16 in x 2 9/16 in (51.5 cm x 5.2 cm x 6.5 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1984/1.312

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Description

This piece is most likely not pure Kuba, but instead a product from the Sankuru region, between the Kuba and Ndengese people. Alternatively, this may have been made at a royal Kuba workshop and then sent to the neighboring Nkutchu (Bankutchu).

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