| Object Number | 74-17-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mendi |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Human Head |
| Description | Wooden staff with human head. Upper part darkened. Long neck, eight ridges. Flat face, pointed at top. Lentoid eyes, semicircular smiling mouth, three vertical scarification marks each cheek. Elaborately carved headdress ending in V-shaped top. |
| Length | 108.4 |
| Width | 6.4 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. C. Bertolet, 1974 |
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