Dice, lizard-like animal

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Object Number 20-29-50/B2310

Display Title Dice, lizard-like animal

Descriptions

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

Classification

Raw Material
Game

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Fang
Bene

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Nutshell

Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 2 x 0.5 cm (1 1/2 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 4

Label on object B2310

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