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Dusting brush - tail of forest buffalo
Dusting brush - tail of forest buffalo
Object Number 22-2-50/B3430
Display Title Dusting brush - tail of forest buffalo
Descriptions
Inventory Description Brush, animal tail, wood frame, sewn hide cover, brown hair
Classification
  • Brush
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Animal tail
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 10 x 2.2 cm (18 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3430

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