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Object Number 22-2-50/B3419
Display Title Fire fan - used as bellows to fan fire into blaze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, paddle, carved wood, rectangular blade, flared handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 31.3 x 12.6 x 1.1 cm (12 5/16 x 4 15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3419

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