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The importance of African staffs, drawing on specimens from the collection of the Slovene ethnographic museum
The article presents five to date unpublished staffs from the African Collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. Its main focus is on the ritualstaffs of the Dogon from Mali. The article describes the phenomenon and development of staffs from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Etruria, and Greece to Early Christian Ireland, and the intercultural connections with the staffs from the African Collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The research was carried out on the basis of records, iconography, and archaeological finds.

