Wooden shuttle for fish-net weaving

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Object Number 22-2-50/B3076

Display Title Wooden shuttle for fish-net weaving

Descriptions

Inventory Description Shuttle, carved wood, one pointed end, one end with 2 sticks, cut-out middle

Classification

Shuttle
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 2 x 0.6 cm (7 11/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 22-2-50/B3076

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