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Object Number 30-32-50/B4550
Display Title Crocodile's tooth (noiwa ?), leopard's claw (sofu ?)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, perf. tooth connected withcotton string to claw, both resin coated?
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wahehe
  • Kogogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Wahehe
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Dimensions Overall: 17.1 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm (6 3/4 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-32-50/ B4550/ B-4550

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