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Object Number 15-14-50/86233
Display Title Wooden head rest
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden headrest, carved, rectangular base,
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 42 x 5 cm (5 5/16 x 16 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86233

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