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Wooden food-mashing trough - upright
Wooden food-mashing trough - upright
Object Number 22-2-50/B3600
Display Title Wooden food-mashing trough - upright
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mortar, carved wood, grooved pedestal and discoidal base, cylindrical bowl, worn
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ngumba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 36.7 x 22.2 x 23 cm (14 7/16 x 8 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3600

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