Title: Royal asen (commemorative altar) with bird
Object type: Staff
Date: 19th century
Culture: Fon peoples
Artist:  Hountondji guild artists 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Brass, copper, seed pod(?)
Dimensions: H. 35 × W. 4 × D. 6 in. (88.9 × 10.2 × 15.2 cm)
Classification: Metal-Sculpture
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Geography:  Court of Abomey   Republic of Benin      
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds