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Object Number 22-2-50/B3037
Display Title Divining objects in detail - seed pod
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seed pod, both ends broken, tubular and grooved, black, seeds inside
Classification
  • Seed
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Seed pod
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (4 11/16 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3037

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