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Woman's cane (staff)
Object Number 22-2-50/B3593
Display Title Woman's cane (staff)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, cylindrical, top half carved and incised, lower half tapered
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 120.4 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm (47 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B-3593
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1922 - 1922)

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