Title: Staff finial with seated woman
Object type: Finial
Date: 19th century
Culture: Yombe-Kongo peoples
Artist:  "Master of the Frontal Concentric Circles" 
Artist bio: active 19th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Republic of the Congo
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory, metal, wood, lead
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 × W. 1 15/16 × D. 2 1/2 in. (16.5 × 4.9 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Ivories
Credit line: Gift of Marian Malcolm, in loving memory of her husband, Daniel Malcolm, 2022
Geography:      Democratic Republic of the Congo or Republic of the Congo     
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY