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Wooden earth beater to harden clay floors of newly built huts
Wooden earth beater to harden clay floors of newly built huts
Object Number 22-2-50/B3426
Display Title Wooden earth beater to harden clay floors of newly built huts
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, tapered cylindrical handle, paddle blade, 1 side peaked
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 63.4 x 7 x 4.1 cm (24 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3426

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