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Staff with a short cylindrical handle topped by two rectangular forms. The front of the staff contains two faces on the rectangular forms, while the back of the staff contains only one face. The bottom face is rectangular with three vertical marks on each cheek and zig-zag patterns along the forehead, while the upper face is round with three vertical marks on each cheek and five vertical marks on the forehead. Along the handle and rectangular projections there are incised zig-zag decorations. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Dance Staff
1950 – 1999
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.614
This watercolor consists of concentric areas of color. At the top is a blue cloud-like shape surrounded by a yellow ring in turn surrounded by an orange-pink color. The bottom edge is an olive-green color where we see thin zigzagging lines in red-brown. 
Paul Klee (Swiss)
Blitzgefahr
1931
Gift of Henry Tracy Kneeland of Bloomfield, Connecticut, in memory of his parents, Frank G. Kneeland and Helen Dodge Kneeland
1987/2.12
Staff with a cylindrical handle and a kneeling female figure on a small, disc-shaped base. The figure is holding her breasts in both hands and her hair is decorated with vertical grooves. The top of the figure's head is surmounted by a double-axe shaped form, decorated with six incised lozenges. At the top of the double-axe form are two rectangular protrusions and at the bottom are two protrusions that may represent lightning bolts. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Dance Staff
1950 – 1999
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.613
Staff with a cylindrical handle, decorated with zig-zag patterns, and a disc-shaped grip at the bottom. The top of the staff has two identical faces on both sides, surmounted by a double axe shaped form. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Dance Staff
1901 – 1999
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.22
Wooden staff with a short handle on a small, conical base. There are four oval-shaped protrusions with a pattern of small triangles surmounted by two heads facing opposite directions. Between each head is an oval-shaped panel decorated with a pattern of small triangles. At the top of the staff is a double-axe motif. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Dance Staff
1930 – 1980
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.37
A staff with a short cylindrical handle surmounted by a female figure. The figure wears a skirt decorated with concentric circles and holds a bowl with both hands. Around the neck is string of beads and the hairstyle is conical, topped by a double axe. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Dance Staff
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.301
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