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Ebony walking cane - belonging to minor headman
Ebony walking cane - belonging to minor headman
Object Number 37-32-50/2413
Display Title Ebony walking cane - belonging to minor headman
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, ebony, one end tapered, other end hollowed and cracked
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Mbalmayon, vicinity of
Materials Ebony
Dimensions Overall: 87.9 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm (34 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2413
Provenance
Collector Silas E. Johnson (1935-1937 - 1937)

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