Kasai River (upper), Democratic Republic of the Congo (not certain) / Angola (not certain), Africa
Accession Date:
20 Nov 1899
Notes:
FROM CARD: "STICK WITH HUMAN HEAD CARVED AT TOP BOUND WITH PALM CORD DYED WITH CAMWOOD. WM. FAGG 3-5-64 STATED THIS ITEM WAS NOT LUBA BUT PROBABLY CAME FROM FURTHER NORTH. IN HIS BOOK "PIONEERING IN CENTRAL AFRICA" (RICHMOND, 1903) ON PP. 311-312, VERNER MENTIONS BUYING A CARVED STICK SUCH AS THIS AT A TOWN IN THE VICINITY OF NDOMBE (THE MISSION STATION) IN KUBA COUNTRY."