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Object Number
22-2-50/B3388
Display Title
Children's top game - sometimes shells are spun as tops without playing game
Descriptions
Object Description
Children's top game - sometimes shells are spun as tops without playing game
Inventory Description
Game, modified cones of spiral shells, two perforated at tip
Classification
- Game
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
11
Label on object
B-3388
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