Rod

Museum number: UEM19280 

Material: wood, brass, copper, glass, cotton 

Region and culture: Unknown 

Description: A carved female figure with bent knees forms the decoration of the upper part of the rod. The woman is wearing green pearls and a blue skirt around her waist. This object may have functioned as a power symbol for chiefs. Length 94 cm.  

Delivered to the Ethnographic Museum by Lieutenant Kjelstrup in 1911.