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Object Number
37-32-50/2410
Display Title
Pith stick for beating headman's drum (cf. 50/2409)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Drum stick, carved wood, mitered head secured with vegetable fiber to handle
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern: Mbalmayon, vicinity of
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 26.8 x 7.1 x 2.9 cm (10 9/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-32-50/2410
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