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Object Number 30-32-50/B4675
Display Title Mountain staves, sagwa
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staffs, carved wood, burnt ridged knobs along shaft, incised designs
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wahehe
  • Kigogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Wahehe
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 167.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm (65 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 30-32-50/B-4675

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