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Object Number 05-44-50/65573
Display Title Clothes brushes
Descriptions
Object Description Clothes brushes
Inventory Description Brushes, cored piece of root, 1 unfinished, rough surface,
Classification
  • Textileworking
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Portugese West Africa: Benguella, 300 m east of
Materials Root
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 5.1 x 5.4 cm (7 7/8 x 2 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 65573

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