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Object Number 27-35-50/B4312
Display Title Paddles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved wood, scooped blade, end flat, widened, cut in half plus 1 fragme
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bulu
  • Fulasi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern; Sangamalima on maps
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 95 x 9.5 x 2.6 cm (37 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 27-35-50/B4312

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