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Object Number 17-41-50/B1772
Display Title Mallet for bark cloth ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, 7-sided beater, thin handle, cracked, red-brown stain
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (10 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1772

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