Altar Staff (Asen)
Object type: Staff
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Fon peoples
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, wood, pigment
Dimensions: H. 57 × Diam. 13 1/4 in. (144.8 × 33.7 cm)
Classification: Metal-Sculpture
Geography:     Republic of Benin  
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979
Tags: Birds|Cross