Die, scale-tailed squirrel

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Object Number 20-29-50/B2248

Display Title Die, scale-tailed squirrel

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved seed piece, incised, polished, faunal motif

Classification

Raw Material
Game

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bene
Fang

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Nutshell

Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 2.1 x 0.5 cm (1 3/8 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B2248

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