Staff for voodoo shrine, used for walking and dancing when possessed; mahogany staff, black snake with white spots encircling length to meet carved white bearded face at the top, above which on the end of the staff is a plastic doll's head wearing headscarf with white fringe, braid and decorated with sequins, face covered in multi-coloured glitter. Purchased from 'Perrot Barra Studio', in iron market.
staff (ritual & belief: religious buildings & furnishings)
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