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Object Number 14-12-50/B121
Display Title Throwing sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden stick, s-shaped, flat, pointed tip, serrated portion near head.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Shilluk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Sennar
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 87.5 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm (34 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-12-50/B-121

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