needle case and cover

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Object Number 04-16-50/62995

Display Title needle case and cover

Descriptions

Inventory Description Container, hide covered wood, brown and white hair, banded design, lid

Classification

Container
Shaft, modified
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mandingo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Sierra Leone

Materials Wood, Hide, Hair

Dimensions Overall: 7.6 x 3 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 62995

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