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Kikuyu Staff SB.1.114
Kikuyu Staff SB.1.114
SB.1.114
Staff
Stick. Kikuyu. Kenya. No 109. XI.M.3. Original list: "Kikuyu. Staff. Wood. Witchdoctor" Carved stick, club-shaped. Dark patina. Upper part swollen, ringed and finely chiseled with geometric patterns. Sticks of this type were used by healers. They were affixed to the foreheads of patients suffering from headaches. See "Traditional method of treating headaches amongst the Kikuyu" (Lagat, Hudson. 2006: 51)
Category (s) Rod
Material Wood
Location (s) Kenya
Centimeter Size (s)
Length: 55
Width: 5
Height: 5
Other dim .: Original list: W: 5 H: 54
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