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Tooth cleaning stick
Object Number 29-4-50/H818
Display Title Tooth cleaning stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, carved wood, tapered ends, incised and pigmented design
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mbole Makere
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Panga, Territory of; Stanleyville District; Longele R., E of middle
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (13 3/4 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H818

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