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Object Number 22-2-50/B3077
Display Title Castinets
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seed pod castinets, 2 pods, attached with fiber or cotton cloth strips.
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.6 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3077

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