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Object Number
22-2-50/B3028
Display Title
Memory sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Memory sticks, carved wood, notched edges, incised, perforated, punctate
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 156.3 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm (61 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
22-2-50/B3028 & B\3028
Provenance
Collector
George Schwab
(1922)
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