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Object Number 22-2-50/B3625
Display Title Bird call
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bird call, seed, round, perforated and hollowed, brown
Classification
  • Bird call
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Seed
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 4 x 3.5 cm (1 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B-3625

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