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Ethnographic drawing - ceremonial staff
Fernando Galhano20th century
Museum of Ethnology & Museum of Popular Art
Lisboa, Portugal
Ethnographic drawing of an object from the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology (Inv. Nr.: AK.891), depicting the upper section of a ceremonial staff, used in possession rites by the "deceased" women, among the Bidjogo of the island of Canhabaque, Bidjogo Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau.
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- Title: Ethnographic drawing - ceremonial staff
- Creator: Fernando Galhano
- Date Created: 20th century
- Location Created: Archives of National Museum of Etnology
- Physical Dimensions: 61 cm x 43 cm
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Collection: National Museum of Ethnology. Image: DGPC/ADF
- Medium: Tracing paper, India ink
- Catalog number: MNE: F.1.038
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