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Object Number 18-19-50/B2066
Display Title Roots of ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Nuts, ovate, rough
Classification
  • Nut
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bushmen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / Transvaal
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Banagher; E. Transvaal
Materials Nut
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 3.8 cm (3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 18-19-50/B2066

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