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Object Number
27-35-50/B4339
Display Title
Staff of office (ntum)
Descriptions
Object Description
Staff of office (ntum) formerly carried by all the head men. made of a frond of a wine palm.
Inventory Description
Staffs, bamboo, incised and pigmented geometric, human and zoomorphic motifs
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Metat Region
Materials
Bamboo, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 122.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm (48 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
27-35-50/B4339
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