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Object Number 21-28-50/B2857
Display Title Head pad
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven fiber pad, ring-shaped, 2-toned, striped pattern.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 18 x 18 cm (4 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B2857

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