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Object Number 22-2-50/B3626
Display Title Pop-gun wads as used by boys, made of chewed and dried plantain fiber
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tightly packed fiber pellets
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm (9/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B3626

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