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Object Number 30-2-50/B4938
Display Title Songa
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden game board, intricately carved ends and 14 pockets.
Classification
  • Game
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 83 x 17 x 3.6 cm (32 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 30-2-50/B4938; B4938

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