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Barkcloth beater
Object Number 988-18-50/12496
Display Title Barkcloth beater
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden barkcloth beater, mallet-shaped
Inventory Description Carved wooden bark cloth beater, grooved lines on head, cylindrical handle.
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Baulé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 30.1 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm (11 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12496
Provenance
Provenance Abdourahamane Mounkaila (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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