Topped by an ibis and an animal which are surrounded by blade-like implements, which are bent. Right wing of ibis partially bent and destroyed. Entwined around shaft of staff, five straps. Between bottom two, six gongs. Between middle two, a spike.
Images of power: art of the royal court of Benin, New York University, the Grey Art Gallery, January 23 - February 21, 1981. New York Cultural Center, "Grand Reserves", October 24 - December 8, 1974.
Kaplan, Flora S., ed. "Images of Power: Art of the Royal Court of Benin." New York, NY: New York University, 1981, cat. 61. Expedition "Benin, Ovo and Dahomey", Winter 1983. Cf. Pitt-Rivers, plate 45, ill. 354, 355, p. 43, ill. 330.