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Object Number
03-15-50/62448
Display Title
Staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wood staff, incised and pigmented zoomorphic head at top
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kaffir
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
/
KwaZulu-Natal
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 104 x 3.4 x 4.3 cm (40 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
03-15-50/62448
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